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How Students Should Spend the Summer Before Senior Year

With just one summer left before high-school students graduate, parents had ideas for how to best spend that time.

The Common Black College Application Lowers Costs and Stress

Parents dish about how the Common Black College Application makes it easy to apply to more schools and earn more scholarships.

How Students Can Earn Employee Scholarships for College

Find out how one student tapped into employee scholarships twice to help pay for college!

A Guide to When to Take the SAT and ACT

While many test-prep professionals publish suggestions for when to take the SAT and ACT, I’ve found that the right answer...

Follow These Steps to Help Get Your Student Into Engineering School

This story was first published in our Paying for College 101 (PFC101) Facebook community. It’s been edited for clarity and...

College Tours: 6 Things to Pay Attention To

A recent discussion in our Paying for College 101 Facebook Community focused on what parents noticed on college tours that...