There is so much to know about financing college education, ranging from financial aid to scholarships. Learn about FAFSA and the CSS Profile, merit scholarships, performing arts scholarships, athletic scholarships, how financial need is calculated and more.
If you have been reading about college admissions for a while, you may already know some of the financial aid basics like what an EFC is. And if you’ve been following me for a while, you likely know what an NPC is too. However, the list below also includes financial aid questions you may not…
An academic scholarship. If you have a good student, you may have always assumed that this will be their free ticket to college. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. The good news is that there IS merit aid available to academically-talented students. The bad news is that the most highly selective schools in the country…
College honors programs have existed at some universities for seventy years. But, more have popped up in the past twenty years and now it would be hard to find a state flagship school or any large public university without its own honors college or honors program. They are not created equally and they are not…
The FAFSA and CSS Profile open up on October 1st. If you have a student planning to attend college next year, now is the time to get familiar with these financial aid forms. Before completing the forms, you will need to compile some of your financial information (okay, just about all of it!), as well…
So, your student is getting serious about their college list and you’re looking at your college savings and wondering how you’re going to be able to afford this? It’s time for a word about scholarships – from automatic scholarships to athletic ones. It’s likely that one of your very next thoughts after you see the…
When I started working with my older kids to find a good college fit for each of them, I was also very motivated by money…and how to not go into debt paying tuition. I’m sorry to say we had not saved nearly enough in our 529 account. We are not all that different from the…