How To Appeal or Negotiate Financial Aid Offer
Is the cost of attending your dream college a little out of reach? Did you know you could appeal your financial aid offer? Here’s how to best negotiate your financial aid offer and help you keep a few bucks in your pocket! Reasons To Negotiate Financial ... Read More >
Avoid the Cost of Changing College Majors By Planning Now
It’s no secret that college is expensive. But it can be even more expensive if your student goes in without a plan and ends up changing their major. In this blog, I’ll explain exactly how expensive this lack of planning can be, and specifically how ... Read More >
5 Straightforward Steps to Apply for College Scholarships
There is so much excitement when your teenager finds a college that they love and is a great fit for them. The next step is to channel that excited energy into creating a framework for paying for college, so their dream can be affordable too! In this ... Read More >
4 Tips for Having the Hard Financial Conversations About College
Many parents avoid talking about affording college until it’s almost too late. In this blog, I’ll highlight 4 tips for having the hard financial conversations about college, so you won’t have to put it off any longer. If you’ve already listened ... Read More >
Magic Numbers
Like Ali Baba’s magical phrase, “Open Sesame,” numbers open doors to colleges around the country. I’ve discovered some magic numbers over my 30 plus years first as an admissions counselor, then as a high school counselor, and most recently (seventeen ... Read More >
FAFSA Changes to Accelerate Admissions and Aid Cycles
Recent changes by the U.S. Department of Education to the FAFSA (financial aid form) deadlines will most certainly accelerate college admissions deadlines, acceptances and aid offers. FAFSA is now open October 1st in the year preceding the freshman ... Read More >
Unexpected Expenses
Unexpected expenses. Is anything more stress-inducing than this for a college student (or their parents)? Many college freshmen look at the estimated tuition cost for their school, click “Accept” on loans and financial aid to meet that amount, and ... Read More >
I met Sal Khan.
I met Sal Khan of Khan academy today. Sal is world famous and his company, non-profit, online tutoring website that is funded by Google and The Gates Foundation. I met him at the national NACAC conference in San Diego. My big idea that I shared with ... Read More >