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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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Searching for the True Price of a University

on December 15, 2011 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

There are many websites that you can research the financial aid practices of individual schools. Today I’m going to focus on an especially helpful site — the federal College Navigator. The College Navigator is not flashy, but it contains incredible tools that tap into the US Department of Education’s vast college database. The College Navigator [...]

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Playing Hide and Seek With Net Price Calculators

on November 8, 2011 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

Are colleges and universities playing hide and seek with their net price calculators? As I’ve mentioned in the previous posts below, net price calculators can be extremely valuable tools for families wondering what a specific college will cost their families. I don’t think anyone should be applying to schools unless they have used these college [...]

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Should You Apply to an Out-of-State Public University?

on October 14, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, California universities, Colleges, Universities

I heard from a mom this week, who is worried about some of the schools her daughter has begun applying to. I wanted to share what the mother wrote: As I watch my daughter start her college applications, I’m cringing inside because she’s wanting to apply to out of state public schools such as UCLA, [...]

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College Cost Calculators: Getting Wildly Different Answers

on September 11, 2011 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

Have you tried out any college cost calculators yet? If you haven’t, I’d urge to to get started. I experimented with some net price calculators recently and I wanted to share my experience. The purpose of these so-called net price calculators is to help you determine how much a college is going to cost your [...]

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Applying to College: Can You Afford to Be an Early Bird?

on September 8, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, Financial aid

If you missed it, I wrote a post earlier in the week about applying early decision to colleges: The Odds of Applying Early Decision I assumed this post would lead to more questions on this issue and sure enough I got an email from a mom with a question that I thought was worth sharing [...]

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