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College List BuildingUC Berkeley Common Data Set
Sifting through a college’s Common Data Set can take a lot of time. Instead, we’ve gathered the most important information from UC Berkeley’s most recent Common Data Set to provide you with the information you need at a quick glance. This guide contains key information from UC Berkeley Common Data Set 2025-2026. Berkeley Common Data…
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PlanIs Your Student Angular Enough for College Admissions?
In the early eighties, when I applied, the buzzword for college acceptance was “well-rounded,” which referred to a student who participated in many different activities. Well-Rounded vs. Angular That is no longer what colleges are looking for. Now, they want to build a well-rounded class made up of students who will each fill one or…
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College Financial PlanningHow Is Your FAFSA EFC Calculated?
When you get into the world of college applications, the acronym “EFC” comes up constantly. Mostly you’ll hear parents bemoaning how high theirs is and why it’s unrealistic for them to pay. Your “expected family contribution,” is a measure of your family’s financial strength in relation to paying for college. More specifically, it’s an index…
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SurviveAdvice For College Freshmen: Adjusting Takes Time
I was thinking back to a time when I had just returned from a fabulous mother/daughter sorority weekend with my daughter at her college. I was glad to see her thriving with terrific friends, enthusiastically engaging in the sorority experience, excited about her classes, and already looking forward to sophomore year housing plans, campus internship,…
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ScholarshipsScholarships for DACA Students
Invest in Us: Anonymously Answer 2 Questions About Student Debt Amount: $2,500 Apply By: August 30, 2019 Description: Applicants will answer questions about what it would mean to be free of student debt. DoSomething will send your answers to companies and encourage them to help pay off student debt. Sponsor: DoSomething Mexican-American Dream Scholarship Amount:…
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Plan10 Talks to Have With Your Child as They Transition to College
Don’t ignore the emotional toll transitioning from high school to college can have. Discuss the stress that comes from starting life as a college student.
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FinanceShould You Update FAFSA By Using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool?
Editor’s Note: This article applies to the 2023-24 FAFSA and earlier. The 2024-25 FAFSA, which opened Dec. 31, 2023, has been revamped and now requires you to import your IRS data. You can still submit the 2023-24 FAFSA through June 30, 2024. There is no rule that requires you to use the IRS Data Retrieval…
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College LifeWhere To Get Cheap Textbooks For College
The price tags on college textbooks are rising just as fast as tuition costs. For a single course, a student may spend over $300 on required reading materials, yet only use the book for one semester. But because many courses do not require students to have a new copy of the text, students’ preference for…
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FinanceCollege Planning Checklist for 9th & 10th Grade
9th GRADE COLLEGE PLANNING CHECKLIST Academic and Extra Curriculum Suggestions College Financing Suggestions 10th GRADE COLLEGE PLANNING CHECKLIST Academic and Extra Curriculum Suggestions College Financing Suggestions
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What You Need to KnowJunior Year in High School: College Planning Guide
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What You Need to KnowCollege Planning Checklist for 12th Grade
Academic and Extra Curriculum Suggestions for 12th Graders College Financing Suggestions Looking for expert help on the road to college? See our 1-to-1 coaching services. You Might Also Like: How to Find Scholarships True Stories of Private Scholarship Winners and How They Did It College Interview Questions You Can Expect
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Standardized tests5 Most Common Mistakes to Avoid When Preparing for the ACT
Higher ACT scores help your student not only get into more selective schools, but they can also help them receive more merit scholarships to pay for college. If your student is preparing for the ACTs, make sure they are aware of these valuable tips to help them study and perform as best they can when…
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Standardized TestingHow to Use PSAT Scores to Create a Plan
So, you received your PSAT results… Now what do you do? And what do the results mean? For many students, receiving PSAT scores marks the “official start” of the college process. If your student is a sophomore that’s great, as I always suggest starting the college process during the student’s sophomore year. If your student…
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FinanceWorrying About How to Pay for College?
When our children were born we thought we were diligent by opening a 529 plan before they turned one and contributing to it on a regular basis. Back then, tuition at an elite school (like Stanford) was not as breathtaking (and not in a good way) as it is today. Many of us weren’t even…
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FinanceLearning About Financial Aid Isn’t Just for Parents of High School Seniors
Back in 2016, in a huge shift to make it easier to fill out financial aid forms and get financial aid decisions back from colleges earlier, yearly FAFSA forms became available on October 1st instead of January 1st. In addition, families then had to use tax information from two years prior to when their student…
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FinanceHow to Find Unique and Unusual Scholarships
Scholarships for college can be found in unlikely places, like your jar of peanut butter. Most students see better results searching for local scholarships.
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ApplyWhich Hurts Your Chances More: Low Grades or Low Test Scores?
Who is in the tougher situation when it comes to getting into college: the student whose high school GPA is lower than ideal or the student whose SAT and/or ACT scores are lower than ideal? It’s clear that having mediocre or low college admission test scores gives students a better shot both at more colleges…
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PlanThe Best College Search Websites: Our Top Picks
Today’s high schoolers use Google to search for anything and everything. So why would it be any different when it’s time to conduct a college search? Google is certainly a good place to start. But with millions of results, it’s understatedly overwhelming and not very time-conducive. Likewise, students may turn to AI, but AI often…
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College LifeEvaluate the Mental Health Support of a College
Go beyond the basics of a school’s criteria and investigate how it can (or cannot) help your student with mental health and psychological support on campus.
