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Case Study: What 66 Schools Would Cost This Family

on August 15, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Money, Research, Scholarships

As I’ve said many times, students shouldn’t be applying to colleges unless they have a good idea of what those institutions will cost them. It’s easy to obtain these formerly elusive cost figures now that schools have installed net price calculators on their web sites. Today I’m sharing the results from a mom (Lynne) who [...]

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Studying for the SAT for Free

on July 15, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, SAT/ACT

While you can’t take the SAT in the summer, this time of the year is a great time to study for the test when there are fewer distractions. Perhaps that’s why I am getting more questions about SAT and ACT prep. Consequently, I’m devoting today’s post to test prep. I have these two goals: No. [...]

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Why You Can’t Take the SAT in the Summer

on June 12, 2012 in SAT/ACT

I expect that just about any parent or teenagers reading this post will agree with this statement: the SAT and ACT should be offered in the summer. It’s a no brainer. In the summer students have more time to prepare for the test and they can be better rested before they take it. I’ve always [...]

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Answering Your College Questions

on May 7, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Research, SAT/ACT

Last week people posted questions on The College Solution’s Facebook page that I promised to answer after visiting a regional college conference in Reno. I started chipping away at the questions last week with these two posts: Answering Your SAT and ACT Questions The Realities of Merit Scholarship Facebook Questions Today I am answering questions [...]

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Answering Your SAT and ACT Questions

on May 4, 2012 in SAT/ACT

Earlier this week on my Facebook page, I asked folks to send me questions to ask college admission representatives at a Western college conference that I am attending. I got about three dozen questions from parents and I hope to answer as many as I can in upcoming posts. Today I’m going to start addressing [...]

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What If You Bomb on the SAT or ACT?

on March 2, 2012 in Admissions, SAT/ACT

I recently got an email from a dad who was depressed because his son had performed poorly on the SAT test. He wondered what his son’s options are. I understand how the father felt. The ACT and SAT loom so large in the life of a college-bound student that it’s easy to assume that doing [...]

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