"College Parents of America"

Parents Forum
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<p>Anyone here ever join this thing?</p>

<p>[College</a> Parents of America | A national membership association serving current and future college parents](<a href=“http://www.collegeparents.org/]College”>http://www.collegeparents.org/)</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

<p>I tried to do a search to see if this was discussed before but did not have much luck. Apologies if a thread already exists.</p>

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<p>^isn’t that what CC is?</p>

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<p>At $89 dollars a year (not $90 mind you) this site looks a bit slick. Not sure what benefit you really get from them.</p>

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<p>I first went to their Membership & Benefits page. All three of their introductory sentences have grammar mistakes. Trying to ignore that, their list of benefits is lame.</p>

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<p>^^^^ The benefits are very lame.</p>

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<p>First benefit is links to forms and calculators, which any CC parent would already be directed to at no cost.</p>

<p>Second benefit is a total of $10,000 here, about the subscription from the first 110 members, in other words not a big deal. If they get 1000 members, they have paid for the scholarships and have plenty left.</p>

<p>Third is a paid service, so you do not have to be member to get it. I will not be surprised if they are over priced.</p>

<p>Fourth insurance only if your child leaves for medical purposes. I would doubt if mental health is covered and not really something that I have heard of before.</p>

<p>Fifth, not sure what it is. Sounds good but there are enough of these services that provide no value.</p>

<p>In other words, I do not believe that there is any real benefit except for them to get your contact details and sell you partner services after you have paid $89.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>I just checked it out - other than $5,000 of tuition insurance I didn’t see alot of other value I couldn’t get other places.</p>

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<p>looks like they are just trying to churn up “members” nothing unique or special. cheap to build a website like that and “run” (IMO)</p>

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<p>I decided to join. I got a Handbook in the mail which was useful and a summary of benefits that look similar to AARP but more relevant. Seems like the right idea, but it needs more value including a life-insurance policy or something that would help me pay for college in case my wife or I die?</p>

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I joined as a member during 2014 for my freshmen - tuition insurance and some other benefits seemed worth the cost. The handbook was useful and their Facebook forum was helpful. I didn’t renew yet and thinking twice now that my 2 college kids are doing well.