The results are in on the new-purportedly new and improved-SAT, launched by the College Board back in 2005: With a new writing section, no more word associations, higher testing fee, and 3 hour and 45 minute format, the new SAT was found to have only a 0.01 stronger correlation with freshman GPA than its predecessor.
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With the private student loan market still limping along from the effect of the credit crunch, peer-to-peer (a.k.a “p2p”) student loan lending companies (like Fynanz, which I wrote about a couple weeks ago) seem to be building a following. With some of the personalized feel of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, this [...]

If you have been reading my blog, you know now that the “right” college can save you money, but how can you help your student to find that college? Here are some simple steps your student can follow to help him/her start the college selection process:
1. Get Your Goals in Sight. Choose 3 fields [...]

With only 75% of freshmen graduating on-time (and a significant proportion dropping out), many colleges are turning to technology to help them break the cycle of poor retention and concerning graduation rates. Each school has its own methods, but many are using software that scores students according to their data versus statistical findings.
Translation?
Schools are monitoring [...]

As parents, we spend a lot of time worrying about the college “investment.” We want to get the most for our money, and we want the dollars we spend for school now to become life-style sustaining incomes for our children later. More and more high school graduates continue on to college at least in [...]

If you’re a regular reader of the Pay for College Blog, you know that I am a huge proponent of finding ways to increase your cash flow to help offset your college costs. Simply find a way to save money in one place (or many places!), and funnel it into your college funding strategy.
Having [...]