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Who Is Stressed Out About College?

on May 24, 2012 in Admissions, Applying

In my last post I shared an email from a mom whose is concerned that her family makes too much money to qualify for financial aid at schools on her son’s list. If you missed the post, here it is: Do You Really Expect Me to Pay That Much for College? I had intended to [...]

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When Two Children Head to College

on April 20, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Student Loans

Yesterday’s post, which explored the school options of a brilliant teenager from Wisconsin, generated many insightful comments from parents.  Here is the post: Should a Kid Borrow $80,000 for a Brand-Name University? If you missed the post or the comments, I’d urge you to check both out. To summarize, the teenager managed to get admitted [...]

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Winning College Admission Essays

on June 13, 2011 in Admissions, Applying

Summer is a great time to write those dreaded college admission essays. Teenagers have more time to devote to college essays, but a surplus of time won’t necessarily make an admission essay better. While students will find plenty of advice about how to write a college essay, here is one of my favorite tips: Don’t [...]

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The Hazards of Dreaming About Colleges

on March 28, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, California universities, Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

This is an excerpt of a post that I wrote for my college blog at CBS MoneyWatch last week after attending the biggest annual college fair in San Diego. You can read the entire post here: What’s Wrong With America’s Dream Colleges When I looked at The Princeton Review’s newly released lists of America’s most [...]

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No. 1 Tip for Writing a Great Admission Essay

on June 14, 2010 in Admissions, Applying

Hey, how about starting your college admission essay today? Are any parents out there already bugging their soon-to-be high school seniors to start writing their college admission essay? I realize this is going to be a hard sell with teenagers, but summer is the perfect time to write the admission essay. So here’s my No. [...]

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How I Paid $0 for My Son's Summer Program

on May 10, 2010 in College readiness, Community colleges

Are you looking for summer programs for high school students? I was recently hunting for a high school summer program for my son Ben. I paid for an online physics summer school program at Stanford that cost about $500, but I ended up going elsewhere and cut the price down to $0! Before I explain [...]

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