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College Admissions Help Blog
| 12/12/2011 10:26 AM |
| It's almost time to file your FAFSA! |
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Filling out the FAFSA will mean you will have to coordinate with parents and guardians to get together tax information. A recent post by the StudentLoanNetwork highlights an IRS retrieval tool that can be helpful to students when filling out the FAFSA. If you will be filling out this form come January 2012, you'll want to check out this post, and visit FAFSAonline.com to get tips and help with your finanicial aid applications. |
| 11/21/2011 03:39 PM |
| 3 College Admissions Essay Tips |
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Writing college admissions essays can be a lot of work! Here are the top 3 tips to remember when writing your essay. Read the entire post on http://blog.howtogetin.com/ |
| 11/04/2011 03:15 PM |
| Applying to College? Starting High School? Scholarship Contests, Alerts & More |
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You may have heard the reassuring phrase, "Make the grades now, and it will pay off later"? While, preparing yourself for academic success is one thing, and very important, preparing yourself for financial success is another consideration. Today I would like to highlight the ability of younger students to get scholarships for college, and how this can set them up for financial success in college. |
| 10/18/2011 02:56 PM |
| Financial Aid Resources Online; Considering How You Will Pay Before You Apply |
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College application deadlines are right around the corner, early admissions students should have their applications almost finished for early November deadlines, and regular admissions students - January isn't so far away! You might be asking how will I pay for college? Or, you may have questions about how to apply for financial aid, when to apply, and whether or not this will affect your chances at a given school or not. |
| 09/27/2011 02:05 PM |
| How To Choose the Best College For You |
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Have you heard your high school guidance counselors and parents telling you to consider whether or not a college on your list is the right "fit"? Well if they aren't saying this to you, we're saying it to you now! If you are getting ready to apply to college this year, check out the 3 steps to applying to college on HowToGetIn.com. |
| 09/06/2011 11:57 AM |
| Your September College Prep Plan |
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Preparing for college is a year round task, and here are some things you should think about as you begin a new school year. |
| 08/16/2011 03:13 PM |
| How to Budget for College |
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One of the most striking aspects of college for incoming freshman is the new financial responsibility. Spending while under the watch of mom and dad is one thing, but for many students college comes with a lot of firsts: first credit card, first bills, and first place to really be financially independent. |
| 08/02/2011 04:39 PM |
| Work Study: The Basics |
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Work study jobs may be awarded to students as a part of their overall financial aid package, or students apply to help cover expenses. They can consist of campus jobs such as library assistants, bookstore associates, or research assistants, and can range from simply administrative to research-oriented. Federal work study (FWS) is paid by the government and comes from your federal aid. This means that to be eligible for the FWS program, you need to indicate this on your FAFSA. |
| 07/22/2011 02:48 PM |
| Are you between 15 – 30 years old? Would you give up your sense of smell to save your laptop? |
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Market researchers study consumer behavior to better target an audience with appealing advertisements and offers that they hope will positively influence brand interaction and purchasing behavior. Can an entire generation, spanning 15 years, all be grouped under one heading? Will social media affect where you end up applying to college? |
| 07/21/2011 08:34 AM |
| Largest US Colleges and Universities by Enrollment |
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The US Dept of Education's IPEDS (Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System) contains information on all 7,000+ officially-recognized institutions of higher education in the United States. We present a list of the 20 largest institutions of h... |
The College Solution Blog by Lynn O'Shaughnessy
| 01/26/2012 10:55 AM |
| The Colleges Where PhD's Get Their Start |
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What schools produce the most undergraduates who end up heading off to graduate school? The subject came up yesterday because a friend of mine was telling me about a brilliant teenager who wants to eventually get a PhD in physics. The student lives in California, but the mom wants him to apply to schools in [...]
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| 01/25/2012 10:25 AM |
| Click of a Button: Making the FAFSA Almost Painless |
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The federal government has been trying for years to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid less complicated. It should get kudos for the effort, but millions of parents still mess up when tackling this financial aid form. But bless its heart, the federal government is trying, in what might be it’s biggest push [...]
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| 01/24/2012 10:32 AM |
| Answerings Readers' Questions About the FAFSA |
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Now that we’re in the thick of FAFSA season, I wanted to answer some questions on my college blog that I’ve been getting about financial aid forms. If you have your own questions, please leave them in the comment box below. Lynn O. Mom’s question: Try as I might I still can’t get my hands [...]
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| 01/22/2012 11:35 PM |
| 22 Facts About the FAFSA |
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It’s FAFSA season so I’m going to devote at least a couple of college blog posts this week to financial aid forms. The post today was actually written by Michael Szarek, an independent college counselor with Counseling for the Rest of Us in New Jersey. If you have any questions about the FAFSA or CSS/Financial Aid [...]
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| 01/20/2012 10:40 AM |
| Perspective of a College Veteran: Why Students Behave Badly |
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The last couple of days, I’ve been exploring why some teenagers can’t emotionally handle their freshman year in college while other students behave worse than toddlers. Here are the posts: A Nightmarish Experience at an Ohio University Could This Student’s Freshman Year Have Been Saved? I was ready to move on to other topics – [...]
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| 01/19/2012 11:28 AM |
| Could This Student's Freshman Year Have Been Saved? |
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I want to thank everyone who commented on the plight of a bright young woman, who left the University of Dayton after her freshman year. Her first roommates were pigs and her experience unnerved her and her mother. If you missed the post and the accompanying comments, here is where you can find them: A [...]
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