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A College with 942 Different Prices

on March 30, 2012 in College Costs, College Savings, Money

College price tags are meaningless. If you’ve spent much time on my college blog you already appreciate that these numbers don’t mean anything, but most families don’t. About two thirds of students attending state and private schools receive scholarships or grants and the number rises to about 88% at private institutions, which have to offer [...]

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Financial Aid Bait and Switch?

on March 28, 2012 in College Costs, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Money, Research, Scholarships

When families look at financial aid packages they often assume that a school’s financial aid support will remain the same for four years. That, however, is a dangerous assumption to make. The financial support that some colleges and universities give students will shrink after their freshmen year. Bait and Switch? Why would this happen? I [...]

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A New Way to Search for College Scholarships

on March 27, 2012 in Money, Scholarships

It’s private college scholarship season. If your child hopes to obtain a private college scholarship, now is the time to apply. There are two main windows for private scholarships – now and in October and November. The deadline for many current scholarships is at the end of April or in May. Many students, particularly soon-to-be [...]

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Shortchanging a Texas Teenager?

on March 26, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

I continue to receive a lot of  comments from last week’s post about the Texas mother, who was bitterly disappointed that her extremely accomplished daughter has been getting underwhelming merit awards or none at all from universities.  This mother was hoping for large merit scholarships because her family is too affluent to qualify for need-based [...]

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Email from a Happy Mom

on March 23, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, College Costs, Money, Parents, Scholarships

Over the last 24-hours, I received a lot of great comments and some emails in reaction to this college blog post: An Email from a Disillusioned Mom If you haven’t read the post, I’d urge you to do so. The email came from a mother of a very bright girl from an affluent family, who [...]

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An Email from a Disillusioned Mom

on March 22, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, College Savings, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

I received an email yesterday from a disillusioned mom, who wanted to share what she has learned after receiving her oldest daughter’s financial aid packages. I can totally sympathize with this mother and I want to pass on Lisa’s observations before I comment on them. After receiving Lisa’s email, I sent her a message asking [...]

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