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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: January 2012
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Monday, January 30, 2012. The High Cost of Higher Ed – Do We Really Need the Climbing Wall? Last week I called a business school buddy, my annual homage to his birthday. Assuming my three daughters stick to the four-year plan, I am singing the middle class college cost blues. The cost of college is so alarmingly out of control that increasing the availability of Perkins loa...
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: June 2012
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Friday, June 29, 2012. Cycling My Way through a Tour of Colleges. The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are officially here, which for me means the three “Cs:” colleges, cycling and camaraderie. The beginning of summer has become my time to venture to a new region of the country or revisit a familiar one to tour colleges by bike. In all, we will cover 255 miles in five days.
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: May 2011
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Thursday, May 19, 2011. You Think the Admission Process is Tough? 8211; Just Ask the Dean! As parents of high school students who will soon embark upon or have just completed the application cycle, we tend to have a myopic view of the admission process. Would it surprise you to learn that college admission folk are equally stressed this time of year? The bottom line: colleg...
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: Application Tips from a Graduating Senior
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Application Tips from a Graduating Senior. S Tips for Applying to College. Finish the CommonApp before summer ends. Give the admissions staff plenty of material to work with! Is there something that really bugs you about the school? Are you confused about something the school advertises or offers? You will always be able to refer back to these impre...
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: June 2011
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Hobbies are not just for College Applications. When it comes time to fill out college applications many students panic at the thought of having to list their extra-curricular activities. 8220;If I don’t have a passion, will colleges even consider me? We engage in hobbies for a variety of reasons, but largely for personal fulfillment and to give pur...
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: December 2012
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Sunday, December 9, 2012. Need-Blind, Need-Aware and College Admissions. Does financial need factor into the college admission decision and if so, how does it affect applicants and to what extent? Adding to the anxiety about college admissions is the question about how to handle and interpret application questions on financial aid. Admitted students are counseled by admissi...
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: Studying in the UK - An Option Worth Exploring
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Monday, March 9, 2015. Studying in the UK - An Option Worth Exploring. Walking into the sunlit classroom, the first thing I noticed was the castle. The art studio we had just entered offered one of the best views of Edinburgh’s 12. Century fortress perched high above the city. And that’s just scratching the surface! I spent the week learning about academic offerings and soc...
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: February 2014
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Monday, February 10, 2014. What Football has Taught Me about College Admissions. When I want to expand my knowledge of football, I don’t typically turn to college admissions. Yet Peter Johnson, Director of Undergraduate Admission at Columbia University, recently introduced me to the term YAC, though Super Bowl Sunday was not the topic of conversation. It is no longer simply...
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource: March 2015
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Educational Cents - Your College Resource. A higher education financial strategies and admission resource for students and families. Monday, March 9, 2015. Studying in the UK - An Option Worth Exploring. Walking into the sunlit classroom, the first thing I noticed was the castle. The art studio we had just entered offered one of the best views of Edinburgh’s 12. Century fortress perched high above the city. And that’s just scratching the surface! I spent the week learning about academic offerings and soc...