Over the past month, my most popular post, by far, has been Can My Kid Get a Full-Ride Scholarship? I wrote this post back in July. People are mostly finding it when they type in something about “full ride scholarships” into a search engine. The popularity of this topic makes Read more…
For three mornings this week, I spoke to groups of parents and students at the local high school about the college search process. When I spoke to high school juniors and their parents, I stressed that there are several ways to find great deals on colleges. Junior year is the Read more…
I was listening to a financial call-in program the other day and the topic of how a lady was going to pay for her kid’s college came up. She said, “I’m hoping she will get a scholarship.” That was it. She had no money saved, the daughter was in high Read more…
So your child has decided on a college, and maybe the school is providing some great scholarship money, or maybe not. In most cases, there will still be at least some amount you must pay out of pocket. You have one more option to reduce that amount without loans, outside Read more…
Updated 2-4-17 – Updates in red In part 1, I talked about what you can do to minimize your upcoming out-of-pocket college costs when you have a senior in high school who is in the process of getting down to the final college choice. Today, I want to talk about Read more…
It’s late January. My daughter has finished all of her applications. We are waiting for a scholarship competition, two overnight campus visits, an admissions interview (one very competitive school lets kids visit after the application deadline up until a cut-off date), possible updates to merit scholarships based on December ACT Read more…