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Getting A College Education for Free – Really!

on January 30, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, Liberal Arts Colleges, Scholarships

I wrote a post for my CBS MoneyWatch college blog on Friday that blew out Antioch College’s server. How did I do that? Actually, it wasn’t me. I was just the messenger for the liberal arts college that had a dramatic announcement to make. For the next three years, Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, [...]

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8 Things You Need to Know About Private Scholarships

on January 6, 2012 in Money, Scholarships

Winning private college scholarships can certainly help make college more affordable, but you need to know the realities of competing for college cash. My pet peeve about private scholarships is that people assume that they are the biggest source of college cash when they are really the smallest. Before you start hunting for private college [...]

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College Grants: Decoding a Financial Aid Letter Part II

on March 9, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, Financial aid, Money, Other, Parents, Student Loans

This is my second post on deciphering college financial aid packages. Yesterday, I explained what sort of federal financial aid assistance you might find in your financial aid award. How To Decode a Financial Aid Letter Today, I’m going to cover the types of college grants that parents typically find in a financial aid letter. [...]

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Getting an Extra $30,000 Scholarship from Rutgers

on February 23, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, Financial aid, Universities

I heard today from a dad named John, who got Rutgers to quadruple the academic scholarship that it is offering his daughter. After hearing from John, Rutgers scotched the original $10,000 scholarship and replaced it with a $40,000 college scholarship instead. How did he do it? It was simple. On February 17, John sent an [...]

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Acing a College Interview: 27 Interview Questions

on February 20, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, Liberal Arts Colleges, Other

How do you ace a college interview? That’s what my son was wondering this weekend during his visit to Beloit College. About 130 high school seniors were on campus to compete for one of the school’s Presidential Scholarships, which are worth up to $68,000. Have fun and relax. That’s what everyone told the hopeful teenagers, [...]

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Can This Teenager Win a College Scholarship?

on January 4, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Grades, Other, Scholarships

I wanted to share with you an email that I received last night from a high school freshman, who spent her Christmas break stressing out: Dear Lynn, I am a freshman in high school, and I am enrolled in all advanced placement classes. For the first marking period, I received all B’s and one A+. [...]

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