With the “baby boom” generation’s children graduating high school in record numbers (3.2 million last year alone!) it is no surprise that college applications have increased proportionally.
This year college admissions offices have reported a deluge of applications-Princeton’s were up by 6%, Rice by 11%, Harvard’s by 19%, and Vanderbilt’s by a staggering 30%!
Waiting and Wait-Listing
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It’s that time again! The last holiday decorations are finally put away, the kids are back in school, and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (a.k.a. the “FAFSA”) is online and ready to be filed. But don’t panic! For the first time ever, there is a new tool available for affordable [...]

For a while it seemed that affluent or the lower income could “afford” a high-quality education at an elite college—the affluent because they have the funds to pay, the lower income because they could count on more financial aid. The middle-income families, however, seemed left to fend for themselves.
Happily, Harvard announced a plan last week [...]

For a long time now, lower-income students have been offered need-based federal and school aid to help them attend college. Meanwhile, many middle-class families have struggled to meet the cost of college without the same benefits of aid. The tide seems to be turning in the elite colleges.
Some of the most prestigious U.S. [...]

When I saw this latest YouTube video posted by the House Education and Labor Committee, I knew I had to pass it on to my readers. After all, how often do you get to see someone in politics literally dancing in the streets?
The Education and Labor Committee made this video to promote the College Cost [...]

Most people look forward to filling out the FAFSA (which stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid) about as much as they look forward to filing their taxes. And it’s no wonder! At an intimidating 5 pages (or a dizzying number of online pages), and with the complexity inherent in any government document, the [...]

Very few colleges have taken the initiative to offer students scholarships in place of loans. This summer, Amherst College in Massachusets joined the ranks of schools like Princeton and Davidson College by implementing a new financial aid program.
Amherst’s program is targeted to help students graduate debt-free. Under the new policy, students will receive scholarship money [...]

The U.S. Department of Education is changing how students can submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Though about 90% of FAFSA applicants use the online submission option, up to now, the FAFSA has also been distributed in paper form to U.S. high schools. That is all about to change.
A few days ago, [...]

Before you or your student start applying for scholarships and financial aid, you absolutely need to know how to spot a scam.  As parents have become more and more concerned about finding additional funding to help cover college costs, scam artists have begun to take advantage of this justifiable worry.
Recent reports on websites like CNN [...]