If your family is able to fully fund your child’s college education, you might feel that there is no reason for you to fill out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). You may think you won’t qualify, and may even believe there is an advantage to demonstrating to ...
There are many need-based financial aid opportunities out there for college students. But for those who don’t qualify–or who don’t qualify for enough–there are a large number of merit-based scholarship options as well. With perseverance and dedication, some students have been able to finance nearly their entire college education through ...
When considering colleges, students look at many factors – location, size, academic programs, athletic spirit, and financial aid packages. One important factor that often gets overlooked, however, is how long it takes students to graduate. It may not be obvious, but a college’s 4-year and 6-year completion rates can actually ...
Juniors! By now you have begun to research colleges and develop a preliminary list of schools to which you may soon be applying. It’s now time to plan some college visits! Here are some suggested steps to help you get started: Look up the Academic Calendar of each college to ...
You don’t have to be a literary genius to write a successful college admissions essay. You do, however, have to master the basics of grammar. While a missing comma or run-on sentence won’t earn you an immediate rejection, the fact is that admissions officers pay a lot of attention to ...
An increasing number of students are seeking transfer admissions, according to Alexander Ott, a past president of the New York State Transfer and Articulation Association. In fact, about a third of all college students transfer at some point in their college career, including transfers between community colleges and four-year colleges, ...
Over the past few years, social media has been playing a larger and larger role in the college admissions process – from researching and communicating with potential colleges, right down to a student’s admissions profile. The increasing practice among admissions officers of scrutinizing applicants’ Facebook pages and Twitter feeds has ...
The U.S. enrolled the highest number of international students in its history during the 2012-2013 school year, with China as the top source. For the first time, the number of international undergrads exceeds the number of international grad students on US campuses. 819,644 undergraduate and graduate students from other countries were enrolled ...
CA4, the “new and improved” Common App, launched August 1, 2013, after great fanfare and anticipation. The goals of CA4 are to handle increased user capacity, to improve the content and design of the application, and to allow more customization of Supplements by the Member Colleges. Unfortunately, users and college ...
Last week Facebook officially rolled out its new feature, Graph Search, to everyone on the social network. The new search engine is deemed the “third pillar” of the platform, the other two being Timeline and News Feed, Graph Search draws from the vast information posted by the network’s billion users, ...