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College Admissions Help Blog
| 02/02/2010 12:11 PM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: Do I have to worry about the rest of my senior year? |
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Has anyone ever hear of Senioritis? I have and I can tell you it is not pretty. This is the time of year when many high school seniors receive their college acceptance letters. |
| 01/28/2010 03:27 PM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: Is it true that nationally recognized universities do not admit local students? |
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It is a common misconception that schools like Harvard, Yale and Stanford only offer admissions to student who grew up and live far away from the school's location. |
| 01/22/2010 04:30 PM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: What are the benefits of AP classes? |
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High school has become extremely competitive and more students are taking on college level Advanced Placement (AP) classes. What is the point of these classes you ask? Well AP classes have two major benefits; they can boost your GPA and they can help you place out of classes in college. |
| 01/13/2010 04:37 PM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: What do I do if I do not receive enough federal financial aid? |
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Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope you are all having a good week and finally catching a break from college applications. At this point I am sure you have moved on to tackling the FAFSA with your parent. Soon enough you will be receiving financial aid packages
So what happens if you do not receive enough federal [...] |
| 01/06/2010 02:29 PM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: Do I have to fill out a FAFSA? |
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Hello all and happy 2010! We have now entered the most wonderful time of the year; FAFSA season! If you are a senior in high school filing the FAFSA should be number one on your current priority list. |
| 12/30/2009 11:25 AM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: Should I apply to a school even if I do not think I will get in? |
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This week I want to talk about reach schools. We are all in the process of making goals and resolutions for the new year and if you are in the college application process of applying to college maybe one of your goals is to get into your first choice school. |
| 12/21/2009 03:21 PM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: I am a junior. When should I start to think about college? |
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Ok, so this week I am taking a break from answering questions for the high school senior set and moving down to the juniors. Many juniors wonder when they should start thinking about the college application process. My answer; it is never too early! |
| 12/16/2009 10:07 AM |
| Early Decision Decisions |
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If you applied to your first choice school Early Decision you should be getting some mail this week! I am sure you have already been stalking the mail man every day anticipating an acceptance letter. I remember getting my early decision acceptance right before Christmas my senior year of high school. I could not have been more excited! |
| 12/11/2009 11:48 AM |
| Ask Admissions Girl: Should I go to a community college for two years and then transfer? |
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Hi all! Sorry I am a few days late with my post this week, but to make up for it I have a very important topic to talk about. With it being harder than ever to pay for college many students are wondering if they should attend a community college for two years to save [...] |
| 12/07/2009 04:56 PM |
| Tis The Season For Financial Aid Workshops |
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It is that time of year again! A time for holiday parties, trimming the tree, wrapping presents, and financial aid. The 2010-2011 FAFSA will be available after January 1st. Call me Scrooge, but if you are a high school senior, the parent of a high school senior, or anyone attending college for the first time it is important to take a little bit of time away from all of the holiday cheer to learn about the FAFSA and how to properly fill it out. |
The College Solution Blog by Lynn O'Shaughnessy
| 02/08/2010 04:25 PM |
| 4 SAT and ACT Testing Strategies |
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During the past few days, I've sharing ACT and SAT test prep strategies to boost your teenager's SAT or ACT scores. You’ll find my final ACT and SAT tips below, along with links to the previous ACT and SAT test prep posts.
SAT Testing Strategy: Use SAT Score Choice
Until last year, students who took the SAT [...]
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| 02/07/2010 11:15 PM |
| College Presentation in San Diego |
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Want to come hear me talk about college strategies?
If so, I'll be giving a talk for a great charity on Wednesday in San Diego. Some teenagers at Torrey Pines High School are putting this event together to raise money for Operation ASHA, a charity that fights tuberculosis around the world.
Here are some of the topics [...]
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| 02/05/2010 04:53 PM |
| How to Correct a Mistake on the FAFSA Form |
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What if you make a mistake on the FAFSA form?
I was asked about FAFSA errors this week when I was in Florida giving speeches about college strategies. A man in the audience confided in me that he believed he had made a mistake on his FAFSA application.
After listening to my presentation, the father of five [...]
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| 02/04/2010 09:43 AM |
| How to Survive Bad SAT or ACT Scores |
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This week I’m sharing SAT and ACT test prep strategies. You’ll find the links to all of them at the bottom of this post. Here goes my latest test prep tips:
Strategy No. 6: Apply to SAT-Optional Schools
If your teenager bombs on the SAT or the ACT test, don’t despair. Plenty of schools don’t care [...]
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| 02/02/2010 12:03 AM |
| Can Guessing Boost Your SAT or ACT Test Scores? |
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This week I’m sharing ACT and SAT prep strategies to boost your teenager’s SAT and ACT scores. In case you missed them, I’m linking to my first two SAT tips and then you’ll find my newest one which answers the question of whether you should guess on the SAT.
SAT Test Strategy No. 1: Improve Your [...]
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| 01/31/2010 10:07 AM |
| Why You Should File the FAFSA, Freshmen Facts and Engineering Degrees |
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6 Reasons to File the FAFSA
Should you file the FAFSA?
Here’s my answer for just about everybody, including myself: Absolutely yes.
I admit it’s not fun to complete the FAFSA, which I am going to do today. If it’s any consolation, the FAFSA is easier to fill out than the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, which I am also [...]
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| 01/28/2010 06:58 PM |
| Improving Your SAT or ACT Scores: Take a Sample Test |
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Do you want your teenager to ace the SAT test or improve on a previous SAT score? Or maybe you just want to know if you can survive bad SAT results? Or maybe you’re concerned about ACT test scores.
Here’s good news: There are successful SAT and ACT test strategies that students can use to [...]
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| 01/27/2010 05:29 PM |
| No. 1 FAFSA Myth: College Savers Are Penalized |
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I want to follow up on yesterday’s post that explained why saving for college almost never hurts a family’s chances for student aid.
Yesterday I shared a chart that illustrates how colleges allow families to shelter a large chunk of their savings from FAFSA financial aid calculations. You can see the FAFSA chart by clicking on [...]
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| 01/26/2010 01:34 PM |
| 2 Biggest Reasons Why Saving For College Won't Hurt Financial Aid Chances |
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Are you worried that saving for college will ruin your chances for financial aid?
Relax.
Parents who save for college are almost never penalized in student financial aid considerations. In fact, only about 4% of families who complete financial aid forms are penalized for their savings.
Here are the two biggest reasons why saving money shouldn’t hurt your [...]
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| 01/25/2010 01:25 AM |
| 2 Great Resources for Summer Programs for High School Students |
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Now’s the time to start thinking about summer programs for high school students.
The number of summer school programs and camps for teens can be daunting, but there are two resources that can make the search manageable.
Enrichment Alley
On this site you’ll find a great database of summer programs for teenagers that you can search using criteria [...]
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