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Researching Colleges With the Common Data Set

on September 1, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Evaluating Schools, Other, Research

At the beginning of yet another college admission season, I want to share one of my favorite tools that can help anyone research colleges and universities.  The tool is called the Common Data Set. College and universities all over the country produce their own Common Data Set every year. The Common Data Set is a [...]

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Naming Names: A List of the Most Generous Colleges

on September 7, 2009 in Evaluating Schools, Other, Scholarships, Studying overseas

In the last few days, I’ve been working on an assignment about college rankings — when it’s published I’ll be sure to link to the article. Today, however, I thought I’d provide links to some helpful college lists courtesy of US News & World Report. Colleges Giving the Most Merit Scholarships One question that I [...]

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Finding College Cash in Obscure Documents

on September 1, 2009 in Academic quality, Admissions, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Other, Scholarships

If you want to shrink the cost of college, you should become acquainted with something called the Common Data Set. The Common Data Set was dreamed up years ago as a way to satisfy collegiate publishers like US News & World Report and the College Board, which have voracious appetites for higher-ed statistics. Rather than [...]

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Three Quick Ways to Research a College

on May 29, 2009 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

How would you like to research a college in 10 minutes? Sound impossible? Not really. In my most recent college post for CBSMoneyWatch.com, I share three quick ways to research a school. I use these shortcuts all the time to help me size up a school pretty quickly.

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Common Data Set: Finding College Bargains

on October 25, 2008 in Evaluating Schools, Financial aid

One of the niftiest tools you can use when evaluating whether you can afford a college or university is its Common Data Set. When I was researching my book, The College Solution, I remember I was excited when I discovered the Common Data Set. Anytime that I research a school, I check out its latest [...]

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