http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/md-529-prepaid-college-trust-vs-college-investment-plan.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:29:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/md-529-prepaid-college-trust-vs-college-investment-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-208696 Matt Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:01:31 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/md-529-prepaid-college-trust-vs-college-investment-plan.html#comment-208696 For what it's worth, one should also consider the payout procedure. My fiancee was literally unable to finish her degree because it had to be paid for through Michigan's version of this plan. The problem was, the plan only made payments on the last possible day, and the university she attended required that her account be current in order to register for classes...which meant that quite a few classes she literally couldn't graduate without (and many more she _wanted_ to take) were unavailable to her, because they filled up before the plan was willing to pay. For what it’s worth, one should also consider the payout procedure. My fiancee was literally unable to finish her degree because it had to be paid for through Michigan’s version of this plan. The problem was, the plan only made payments on the last possible day, and the university she attended required that her account be current in order to register for classes…which meant that quite a few classes she literally couldn’t graduate without (and many more she _wanted_ to take) were unavailable to her, because they filled up before the plan was willing to pay.

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