Is your child’s financial aid offer enough to meet their financial needs? If not, they may be a victim of “gapping” or “admit/deny”, when a school accepts a student, but does not give a student enough aid to realistically attend. Is Your Financial Aid Offer Meeting Your Full Need? Your child has finally received … Continue reading Avoid the Financial Aid Gap
With all the tasks involved in college prep it makes sense to concentrate on good time management. But encouraging a teenager to use these skills is often like a standing in front of a speeding train. They have tunnel vision and one track minds. Their priorities are often out of whack and misguided. Time … Continue reading Wednesday’s Parent: Time Management and Your Teen
This article was written by Robin Noble and previously published on University Parent. My high school junior’s college search is going in a maze of directions as she works to create a list of schools for serious consideration. The list is important and timely. She will use it to decide which schools to visit this … Continue reading Crafting the Ultimate College List
If I had a dollar for every time parents said this to me, I would be rich. Surprisingly, most parents believe this fallacy. Believing this, they don’t complete the FAFSA and miss out on all kinds of aid. Just because they were misinformed and unaware of how financial aid works. Why should you complete … Continue reading Wednesday’s Parent: “We Won’t Qualify for Financial Aid”
It’s easy to get college information overload online. Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and others are shouting “Read Me! Read Me!”. But let’s face it, we only have so much time to assimilate college information and even less time trying to decide what to read. And that’s where I come in. I know who has the … Continue reading Mom-Approved Tips: Other College Blogs I Love
For those of you in the northeast (and for some in the south) you’re ready for summer to return. Those chilling days and bone-chilling nights make you crave for the sunshine. Unfortunately, you can’t rush summer, but you can give it a nod by applying to How2WinScholarship’s Savor Summer Scholarship. __________________________ AAAhhh…..summer vacation! … Continue reading Scholarship Friday: Savor Summer Scholarship
College prep has certainly changed over the years. Twenty years ago you trudged to the library spending hours foraging through books looking for college facts, test prep, and scholarships. Ten years ago, with the internet explosion, you could do most of your research online and even apply to some colleges. Today, you can do … Continue reading iPad Apps for College Prep
This week’s post might be the best Scholarship Friday yet! On Wednesday night, Smart College Visit hosted a chat giving parents and students tips to search for and apply to scholarships. The chat was hosted by Scholarship Mom, Monica Matthews (@aidscholarship) and was rich with great tips from guest Tamara Krause (@scholarshipguru) of ScholarshipExperts.com. To add … Continue reading Scholarship Friday: Scholarship Advice from the Experts
I’m reposting an article I wrote last year because it’s timely and applies to today’s Wednesday’s Parent topic: finances and college. I hope you find it helpful. _______________________________ If you have a college-bound teen you’re well aware of the cost of college–it’s high. In a recent story in Business Week, one graduate confessed she … Continue reading Wednesday’s Parent: Talking to Your Kids About Financing College
Twitter is a wealth of resources for parents of college-bound teens. Just about any question you have about college prep can be answered on Twitter. And if you’re looking for scholarships (and who isn’t) follow these Twitter scholarship accounts from two lists compiled by US News: 10 Twitter Handles to Help with your Scholarship … Continue reading Scholarship Friday: 20 Twitter Scholarship Accounts to Follow