The number one, most important things you can do is apply early. Since the application date for the FAFSA was moved to October, rising seniors need to be focused on their financial aid application as soon as the college applications are complete...
READ MOREFrom The Concord Monitor by Brennan Barnard “The college invasion.” This is how my high school seniors describe the scene on our campus each fall. Admission visitors – like extraterrestrials – arrive in their rental cars with big smiles and...
READ MOREThe starter pistol sounded when the Common Application essay prompts were released a few weeks ago. High School juniors all over the county have begun straining their brains in an attempt to write the perfect essay. That’s the first mistake...
READ MOREJust this week a gentleman made the statement that it would be a long time before he needed my services because his daughter was only in seventh grade. I didn’t have the time or inclination to burst his bubble but shared with him that fourth...
READ MOREI already knew that only about 20% of all students go to college, that almost half don’t have a degree after six years and that most don’t work in a career that utilizes their major. What I didn’t know is that more than a third transfer before...
READ MORECollegeBoard and Khan Academy hooked up prior to the release of the New SAT in 2016 to provide some of the first study materials for the revamped exam. If you don’t recognize the name of the company CollegeBoard, then you likely have not had a...
READ MOREFor over a decade, I have known that the single biggest complaint our colleges have about their incoming freshmen is that they don’t know how to write very well. My position was that yes, the typical student could stand to work a little harder...
READ MORELet’s say that you are the typical working American and you decide it’s time to buy a bigger house. How would you go about doing that? Contact a realtor, start taking note of “For Sale” signs, or go get pre-approved for your maximum loan amount...
READ MOREIn an attempt to allow time for tax forms to be completed and colleges to make solid financial aid offers, the application date for the FASFA was moved to October – fall of the senior year instead January. The tax returns now used for the...
READ MOREJudy Mollen had an article published this week whose title tugged at the edges of my mind, so I read it. Again, common sense stuff that is not so common in our society. The article centered on giving our kids the wrong message about being an...
READ MOREYour freshman or sophomore just finished a challenging fall semester. You are thanking your luck stars that you are not going through the college application nightmare. Friends with seniors look like they took a newborn home this semester and...
READ MOREWhen did you begin donating to charitable causes? I think that I was in high school. Of course I entered the job market in seventh grade and began contributing to the household income, so parting with hard earned money for the greater good...
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