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Schools Where You Can Graduate on Time

on January 17, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Research

Time is money and that is especially true when it comes to college. College students usually don’t graduate in four years and that comes as a shock to most parents. Yesterday I devoted my college blog to explaining how families can find the four-year grad rates of any schools — and just as importantly — [...]

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Latest College Admission Trends

on May 22, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, Colleges, Community colleges, Universities

While it might not look like it, the college admission landscape is constantly changing. This month The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a fascinating article about admission trends at colleges across the country. I’m going to share the article with you and also highlight the trends that the Chronicle reporter uncovered: State universities continue to [...]

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Crisis Time for California Universities

on January 12, 2011 in College Costs, Colleges, Universities

If your teenager is hoping to attend a state university in California, brace yourself. The grim financial challenges consuming the University of California and the California State University systems, as well as the state’s huge community college system are of historic proportions. Remember the student protests at UC Berkeley, UCLA and elsewhere last year? I [...]

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Sticking Close to Home for College

on October 25, 2010 in Admissions, California universities, Liberal Arts Colleges, Parents, Universities

I talked to a mom last week who wanted me to help her son find wonderful colleges that would would award him a scholarship, but her top priority is keeping him as close to home as possible. The San Diego mom wants him to attend a California college. She also seemed to rule out Northern [...]

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The States Where College Students Stay Close to Home

on May 12, 2010 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

In these hard economic times, it’s best to cast a wide net when applying for colleges. But most college students continue to stay close to home. Staying close to home for college can sometimes be a mistake. For some students, the best colleges — financially and economically — will be a time zone or two [...]

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10 Things About College That High School Counselors Don't Know

on January 8, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Financial aid, High school counselors, Money, Scholarships, Universities

Yesterday I wrote this provocative post: Why High School Counselors Don’t Know Much About College. Today I wanted to follow up with 10 things that the typical high school counselors doesn’t know. Here goes: 1. There are roughly 50 colleges and universities in the country that are no-loan schools, which means they meet a student’s [...]

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