Colleges to Avoid
Check out our video below to learn more! To those expecting a straightforward bash-list of institutions that we do not think highly of—we apologize for disappointing you. The internet is littered with “clickbait” lists of…
How to Use a Net Price Calculator to Estimate College Costs
America in 1959 would have been unrecognizable to a time-traveler from 1886—city skylines illuminating the night sky, cars zipping along highways, jumbo jets roaring above at 30,000 feet—just about every aspect of daily life had…
What is a Financial Safety School?
The act of drawing up college contingency plans is entirely antithetical to the passion-filled optimism pulsating through the average teenage brain. Counting on your son or daughter to put careful thought into their post-secondary backup…
How to Find College Scholarships
For both parents and teens alike, the quest for scholarship money can feel quite similar to pouring water into a sandcastle’s moat. You frantically fill out applications to every national and local scholarship available, composing…
5 Secrets to Winning Merit Aid
“There is money out there for college.” Parents, panicking over the astronomical cost of tuition (an even more commonplace occurrence post-COVID-19), hear this reassuring but somewhat vague advice all the time from friends, neighbors, or…
How to Pay Less for College
The devastating economic impact of COVID-19 has caused many parents to rethink how much they are willing to pay for their teen’s college education. In fact, almost a quarter of college-bound high school students report…
How to Spend a Gap Year During Coronavirus
In an ordinary year, roughly 2% of college-bound high school grads elect to take a gap year prior to launching their postsecondary career. Many spend the time traveling internationally, volunteering with a non-profit organization, or…
How to Appeal a Financial Aid Award
For students lacking inexhaustible higher education funds, finding out whether or not you are accepted into your dream college is only one battle in a broader, fast-unfolding conflict. Upon learning of one’s acceptance (congrats!), the…
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