College Financial Prep
Divorce & College Planning Expert
Vicki Vollweiler | she/her/hers
💌: vicki@collegefinancialprep.com
☎️: (516) 225-5224
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📍 New York | ✅ Remote (via Zoom)
Able to work with clients all 50 states
A little about Vicki...
Vicki Vollweiler is the Founder and CEO of College Financial Prep, where she specializes in helping separated and divorced parents navigate the financial complexities of paying for college across two households. She provides strategic guidance on financial aid, scholarships, and college cost planning, helping families understand how decisions made during and after divorce can significantly impact affordability.
Acting as a neutral third party, Vicki works closely with parents and often in collaboration with divorce professionals such as mediators, attorneys, and financial advisors, to reduce conflict, protect financial opportunities, and support well-informed decision-making. Her approach helps families avoid costly mistakes and can result in saving tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars on the cost of college.
Through consulting, workshops, and educational programs, Vicki empowers families to move forward with confidence during an already complex time.
Certifications
MBA, Certified Divorce Coach
Testimonials
I just wanted to reach out to let you know that we heard back about our financial aid award and we got everything covered including tuition, room and board!! In fact, we will be getting a refund of about $150 in addition to not having to pay anything! We are super thankful for all your help and allowing us to save so much money. Once again, thank you so much! A.B., Pennsylvania
Thank you, Vicki! You helped my son and I get to where we are today! I will always be grateful to you for being so very patient, helpful, trustworthy, knowledgeable and kind. Danny is enjoying college and doing very well and I am so thankful for the money that we have saved! JAT, NY
Vicki Vollweiler of College Financial Prep is an expert in the field of everything related to affording colleges. Vicki helped me formulate a list of colleges based on cost projections, determined scholarships to apply for and assisted with CSS/FAFSA forms. Vicki worked with me to uncover my families' individual needs and formulate a plan to meet those needs. I highly recommend Vicki. E.W., CT
Divorce & College Planning: What Parents and Professionals Need To Know with Vicki Vollweiler of College Financial Prep
Divorce attorneys often face clients who resist decisions and vent instead of progressing. Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers a practical framework for addressing this resistance, tailored for family law. This session teaches attorneys how to identify true sources of resistance, encourage productive actions, and foster cooperative client relationships.
Divorce & College Planning: What Parents and Professionals Need To Know with Vicki Vollweiler of College Financial Prep
Your clients are making college funding mistakes right now — and most don't even know it. Custody arrangements that quietly disqualify a child from financial aid. Settlement agreements that overlook how FAFSA's custodial parent rules actually work. Remarriages that change the entire aid picture overnight. These aren't edge cases. They're happening in your practice, and they're costing families thousands. This webinar with college funding expert Vicki Nelson will give you the knowledge to spot these issues before they become expensive problems for your clients. You'll learn how custody and parenting plan language directly impacts financial aid eligibility, the most common (and costly) college funding mistakes divorcing and divorced families make, what remarriage actually does to a family's FAFSA profile — and what most people get wrong about it, cost-saving strategies your clients won't hear from a college admissions office, and how to talk to clients about college expenses before co-parent communication breaks down. Whether you're an attorney drafting a settlement, a mediator facilitating parenting plan negotiations, a CDFA running the numbers, or a coach helping a client think long-term — this is the kind of specialized knowledge that sets you apart. Your clients are already worried about paying for college. When you can walk them through the landmines they didn't see coming, you become the professional they refer everyone to.