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A Family’s Journey To Find An Affordable College
Road2College- May 10, 2020 0Anna Velazco, a parent in our Paying For College 101 Facebook group, agreed to share her daughter's journey to find an affordable college with us. ... Read More
What I Would Have Done Differently When I Was Applying To College
Allison Schwartz- April 20, 2020 0Almost all my friends have decided where they will be going to college next year. So it’s time to pass on my bits of advice ... Read More
Transferring From One College to Another: What You Need to Know
Anne Vaccaro Brady- April 17, 2020 0College is not for everyone, and every college is not for every student. There is no shame in a student realizing that the school they ... Read More
Applying to College When Mom Is a College Admissions Pro
Lisa Yoffee- April 17, 2020 0Across 16 years as a grant writer for a nonprofit that helps low-income kids apply and get into college, I kept up to date on ... Read More
How to Visit a Campus Without Leaving Home
Melissa T. Shultz- April 12, 2020 0You know what they say: Seeing is believing. So how can a prospective student properly evaluate a school and its campus if they can’t even ... Read More
Admissions Policies at Test-Optional Colleges
Road2College- April 9, 2020 0Bowdoin College was the first college to go test optional in 1969. Though a bold move at the time, many other colleges did not follow ... Read More
College Admission Common App Essay Tips That Really Work
Nancy L. Wolf- April 1, 2020 0Does the prospect of writing your Common App ... Read More
Colleges Without Supplemental Essays
Annie Burdick- March 19, 2020 0You’re ready to apply for colleges, and perhaps you’ve already begun the process of selecting your preferred schools and filling in their long applications. No ... Read More
How Do You Know When a College is a “Perfect Fit?”
Julia Lynn Rubin- March 6, 2020 0With thousands of colleges and universities to choose from, finding the “perfect” school is a seemingly impossible task for any high school student and their ... Read More
How Many Colleges Should I Apply To?
Sabrina Malone- February 28, 2020 0Each year on or around October 1, when FAFSA opens up, a lot of people start asking me how to decide which colleges their student ... Read More
