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A 53% Discount Off a College Sticker Price

on May 10, 2013 in Uncategorized

Many parents assume that college is a seller’s market, but except for the elite schools that are perched at the top of US News & World Report’s college rankings, this belief is laughable. Schools are so eager to attract freshmen to their campuses that they are now discounting their tuition at historically high levels. That’s [...]

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Getting Stiffed by Colleges

on July 2, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

When students are shopping for colleges, admission representatives typically urge them to ignore the sticker price. Here’s what these college reps routinely say:  We’ve got lots of financial aid and scholarships. Just APPLY! I was reminded of why applying blind is such a reckless strategy when a mom contacted me after her husband heard me [...]

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15 Ways to Cut the Cost of Borrowing

on May 18, 2012 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Student Loans

How can reduce your dependence on college loans? About this time last year, Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of FinAid and FastWeb, sent me some suggestions on how families can reduce their dependence on college loans. I am running the suggestions again along with links to some of my college blog posts that I’ve written on [...]

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Financial Aid Practices in the 50 States

on May 17, 2012 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

When you take into account all the sources of college aid that are available to students in this country, roughly nine percent comes from state governments. Recently that amounted to $9.2 billion. How states dispense this aid varies significantly. While nearly all states are strapped for cash, some are far more generous than others to [...]

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Where Are the Scholarships Hiding?

on April 6, 2012 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

Yesterday, a frustrated mom posted a comment on my college blog that expressed her doubts that merit scholarships even exist. Here is what Wendy had to say: How Many Students Receive Merit Scholarships? Wendy’s comment is a timely one because this week the National Association of College and University Business Officers released its annual statistics [...]

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A New Way to Search for College Scholarships

on March 27, 2012 in Money, Scholarships

It’s private college scholarship season. If your child hopes to obtain a private college scholarship, now is the time to apply. There are two main windows for private scholarships – now and in October and November. The deadline for many current scholarships is at the end of April or in May. Many students, particularly soon-to-be [...]

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