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Where Every Week Is Finals Week

on December 19, 2011 in Academic quality, Admissions, College readiness, Grades, Ivy League, Parents

Last week our son Ben called the house wanting to know if we wanted to Skype. We usually call him every Sunday to find out how he’s doing so whenever he contacts us it’s a big surprise. His primary reason for calling was to share with us how hard he was studying for his math [...]

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Qualifying for Financial Aid: How Wealthy is Too Wealthy?

on November 14, 2011 in Admissions, College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

Over the weekend my sister was telling me about a teenager, who is getting recruited by a couple of Ivy League schools to play softball. The parents are excited about the prospects of her daughter getting a sports scholarship to an Ivy League school. Does anybody out there know what’s wrong with this dream? The [...]

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The Myth of the Ivy League

on October 31, 2011 in Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Ivy League, Universities

Do you need to graduate from an Ivy League school or other ultra elite college to earn the highest salaries? Many families believe that graduates who can put Princeton or Yale on their resume will fare significantly better financially than smart students who end up earning their degrees from elsewhere. In a famous study, two [...]

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Cutting the Cost of College by 49%

on June 6, 2011 in College Costs, College rankings, Financial aid, Money, Research, Scholarships

When you are looking at colleges, don’t believe the sticker price. Why? Because college are priced like airline tickets. Everybody pays a different fare. When I give talks to families with teenagers, that’s one of the first points that I emphasize. It’s your job then to find colleges and universities that are not only great [...]

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Ivy League: West Coast Tech Advantage

on May 12, 2011 in Admissions, Applying, Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

I once calculated that only .2% of freshmen who start college every year head off to the Ivy League, but these eight schools still monopolize much of the national coverage of college issues. The spotlight on the Ivy League has helped to make it nearly impossible to get into these eight schools, as well as [...]

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Do You Really Need an Ivy League Education?

on March 13, 2011 in Academics, Careers, Colleges, Ivy League

Do you need to graduate from an Ivy League school or other super elite college to earn the highest salaries? Many families believe that graduates who can put Harvard or Yale on their resume will fare significantly better financially than smart students who end up earning their degrees from elsewhere. In a famous study, two [...]

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