More than a year ago, when I was researching colleges as a high school senior, I chose only to apply to private institutions. My mother assured me that, as long as I was happy with my school, she would find a way to cover the price tag.
I graduated high school in June 2008, just a [...]
Students looking to stay within their home state for college generally have a strong selection of state-sponsored schools to choose from. Residents of New York have the largest selection of state-supported system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world, through the State University of New York (SUNY). They also have the third [...]
It’s that time of the year College applications are over and done with for first-year students, but are just beginning for some transfer students. More importantly though, it’s time to fill out your FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov) and CSS profiles (www.collegeboard.com)! For most first-year students, financial aid applications are due Feb. 1st! Following that is the deadline [...]
Let’s start with scholarships. There’s free money out there waiting for you to claim it! Apply to anything and everything if that’s at all possible. But since you’re not a supercomputer that can easily whip out scholarship applications, I would suggest applying to a few scholarships that offer large monetary prizes, and many that offer [...]
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