The college application essay is tricky! It needs to be well-written, but it shouldn’t be a typical English class essay with a thesis statement. It...
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When Money for College May Not Help
One in five college students gets money from relatives like aunts, uncles, or grandparents to help with college costs. Wow—wouldn’t you like to be...
College Students, Beware!
Cash and electronics like computers, cell phones, etc. are necessary for college students, but people are out to steal them, all, even your...
Start Early to Make your College Years a Road to a Good Job
Students are so busy with their first year of college, they often don’t think about how important each year is and how to plan ahead for the end...
A Modest Proposal: The College Essay
You really sweat writing the personal essay, don’t you? It’s hard to write because you’re not sure what’s expected, and then it’s just this one piece...
How to Know if a College is a Good Fit
Students research colleges and go to interviews. They take tours and visit with admission people on or off campus. And, they ask all sorts of...
Three Great Tips for Starting College
It’s exciting, and it’s scary, going off to college for the first time. You should just know that students have been doing it successfully for ages...
Don’t Apply to Too Many Colleges
In an age of so much online information, students should be able to determine a good college fit. You can email and call admissions offices and take...
3 Important Tips for Writing You College Applications Essay
The college application essay is an essay you have probably never written before, and yet it is so important; it makes you more than a bunch of...
Making Sense of Financial Aid Offers
On July 24, 2012, the Obama administration debuted a standardized form for colleges to use to inform accepted applicants of their college costs and...