The FAFSA will be available on January 1 for families to apply for need based aid. But you don’t necessarily have to wait until then to take the most important step to apply for aid. Visit the financial aid section for each college your student is applying to and find the answer to these three […]
Read More >Lost opportunities
I’m never going to get to pick my favorite music and play it over the airwaves on my own radio show. I don’t have any experience, and there’s no way any radio station would just hand over the keys and let me drive the playlist. But a college kid can do that next semester. One […]
Read More >11 strategies for getting financial aid
Few people know as much about college financial aid as Mark Kantrowitz does. And in this article, he shares 11 tips for getting the aid you need. As usual, Kantrowitz isn't interested in helping rich families manipulate the process so they can appear poor and qualify for aid. Instead, he explains the process and shares […]
Read More >Make informed rankings choices
This New York Times Op-Ed provides not only a good explanation as to why the President’s proposed college ranking system is a bad idea, it also presents an alternative solution—put all the information in a searchable database without actually ranking the schools. Then let each family decide for themselves which information they want to use […]
Read More >Worth noting…
High school families, it’s worth noting that none of the college freshmen who are home for the holidays are still smarting from the colleges that said no. They’re talking about what is, not what might have been. Listen to what they have to say. Most will probably be raving about their experiences. If pressed, they’ll […]
Read More >How to handle negative people
We all know that person who tears other people down. The kid at school who makes fun of everyone, the co-worker who hates every new idea, the commenter who calls you a moron every time you post something. Seth Godin calls these folks vampires, and while at first I thought the comparison was a little […]
Read More >Write like it will be forwarded
I’ve read that a good way to keep discussions civil and respectful is to talk about people as though they were right there in the room with you. In the information age, that’s a good rule of thumb to extend to email. If you mention someone in an email message—your friend, your teacher, your boss, […]
Read More >If you missed the financial aid webinar…
How to build a remarkable college career
The tide of college discussions is slowly shifting from “How do I get into a good school?” to “How do I make college worth it?” It’s a healthy shift and one that I plan to participate in as long as I’m writing this blog. Wherever you end up going to college, here are five suggestions […]
Read More >Don’t get rankled about class rank
When I do free seminars on getting into college, I don't usually mention class rank. It's not that colleges don't care about it, but I know that there will inevitably be a family in the audience who is already upset about their high school's ranking policy. Some schools issue a numerical ranking ("You're number 4 […]
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