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Is This College Generous?

on March 19, 2013 in Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Money, Research, Scholarships

What does the financial aid look like for a school that is generous? In my last post, I illustrated what a stingy university looks like using statistics that you can find on the College Board. If you missed the post, here it is: Is This University Stingy? Today I’m going to use the same tools [...]

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Is This University Stingy?

on March 15, 2013 in Admissions, Applying, California universities, Colleges, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

If you require need-based financial, you should hunt for schools that are generous with their aid packages. This is the advice that I shared in my last college blog post: Where Is the Financial Aid Cash? If you didn’t read it, I’d suggest that you do before continuing on with this post. If money is [...]

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A New Look is Coming for the SAT

on February 28, 2013 in SAT/ACT

Change is coming to the SAT test. A vice president at the College Board emailed its members this week to announce that the College Board will be redesigning the SAT. This will be the first revamping since 2005 when the essay was added and those infuriating analogies (cake is to icing as a unicycle is [...]

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The Latest on College Prices and Selectivity

on January 16, 2013 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

Do you assume that most teenagers face lousy odds of getting accepted into a good college? Lots of families believe that the admission process is stacked heavily against applicants, but this isn’t true. I largely blame the media’s obsessive coverage of the most elite universities for that misconception. A report from the College Board, Trends [...]

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The Weakest Link in the College Admission Process

on October 31, 2012 in Admissions, Financial aid, High school counselors, Money

Just how prepared are high school counselors to do their jobs? The College Board has released a new report that suggests that counselors don’t believe they received adequate training to perform their jobs at the level they would like. I am mentioning this study because it focuses on an area that I feel passionately about. [...]

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Checking the Generosity of Your Child’s College Picks

on August 7, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, College Costs, Financial aid, Money

When students are developing their college lists, most of them (unless their parents are wealthy and don’t mind writing monster checks) should be paying attention to the net price of all their school picks.  Net price is what a school will cost you after scholarships and grants are deducted. An email that I received from [...]

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