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Still wondering which college is best for you if you have several acceptances? Probably the best pick is a college that gives you a quality education for the least amount of cost. The Princeton Review has just done some of your work for you. They

College application essay prompts are changing. Traditional college essay prompts are oh-so-familiar. • Why do you want to go to this school? • What is your favorite activity and why? • What person, experience, challenge has most impacted yo

Finding financial aid for college may become easier because of new proposals from the Obama administration. Here are a few of the administration’s proposals: Perkins Loan monies should be increased from 1 billion to 8 billion dollars annuall

The Academic Index (AI) is a tool used by the Ivies and other colleges and universities to calculate the academic standing of a recruited athlete. The AI number is based on a student’s standardized test scores and high school grade point average

The Ivies will always be selective, but finally the number of applicants to the Ivies is beginning to level off.  This is good news for this year's class, the Class of 2016. Looking at some of the top colleges, three schools' numbers are still in

If parents of children applying for financial aid for college are divorced, the FAFSA form is filled out by only one parent. Which parent fills out the report is based on two factors: which parent has given the most support or which patent ha