I always love when parents share a merit scholarship success story! This one is from the mom of a National Merit Finalist. Her daughter found a great-fit school offering a full tuition national merit scholarship. I asked her to share her daughter’s journey with us. As always, I keep these Read more…
Will colleges survive 2020? This is a question on the minds of families, college counselors and others with an interest in the college landscape. Determining a college’s financial health before committing to send your student there has become very important in 2020. As colleges struggled with financial losses from sending Read more…
How COVID-19 disrupts the college search for the high school class of 2021 is only partially understood at this point. There is a lot of speculation, based on what is happening with college admissions for high school Seniors in the class of 2020. This is the third post in a Read more…
How COVID-19 disrupts the college search for the high school class of 2021 is only partially understood at this point. There is a lot of speculation, based on what is happening with college admissions for high school Seniors in the class of 2020. Last week, I started this series of Read more…
How COVID-19 disrupts the college search for the high school class of 2021 is only partially understood at this point. There is a lot of speculation, based on what is happening with college admissions for high school Seniors in the class of 2020. I recently did a Facebook Live about Read more…
Making the college search easy is something most families want to do, but struggle to figure out. Many factors go into the college search and different families may have very different needs when it comes to finding the “best fit” colleges. What to Search For When It Comes to Best Read more…
Finding the right college match is essentially a process of evaluating college “fit”. I believe there are 3 different kinds of college fit and I will discuss each in detail. Financial Fit Financial Fit deals with how well the college fits your family financial situation. This isn’t necessarily tied to Read more…
This is a guest post from Daniel Bishop, founder and Comprehensive Financial Planner from Black Swan Advisors. See his full bio at the bottom of the post. There are so many important tactics for reducing the cost of college. And planning for college is like turning over hundreds of stones. Read more…
High SAT scores can be very advantageous in your student’s college search process. They can open up a whole realm of possibility when it comes to college admission and merit scholarships. We will discuss both here. High SAT Scores & College Admission After your student has taken their first SAT Read more…
Let’s talk about how to create a better college list. The traditional method would be to use a college search spreadsheet template like the one I offer on my Resources page, start listing “known” colleges and then add to the list by using one of the big college search websites. Read more…