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Short-Term Strategies for Financial Aid Success

Posted February 13, 2014, 4:00 pm by Andrew Belasco

With FAFSA season fast approaching, you no longer have the luxury of long-term financial planning for college unless you happen to stumble upon a 1985 Delorean fully- loaded with a...

How to Break Down Your Financial Aid Award Letter

Posted February 7, 2014, 5:05 pm by Suzanne Shaffer

In just a few short weeks college financial aid award letters will start arriving. For most, this process is confusing; award letters are not all are the same and it’s...

6 Valuable Ways a Tutor Can Improve Your Standardized Test Score

Posted January 31, 2014, 4:02 pm by Suzanne Shaffer

Standardized tests are here to stay. Not only do colleges use them to determine academic abilities, but also partly base offers of admission on these scores. With competitiveness among college...

How to Avoid the College Application Frenzy

Posted January 30, 2014, 7:52 pm by Elizabeth Suneby

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, freshman enrollment in degree-granting institutions increased by 48 percent form 1995 to 2009 and is projected to grow 11 percent between 2009...

5 Ways to Stay Healthy in College

Posted January 30, 2014, 5:16 pm by Rosa Heyman

It’s never too early to start thinking about your health when you go away to college. It is easier than you think to make unhealthy choices, especially when you are...

How to Deal with College Admission Competition

Posted January 23, 2014, 7:24 pm by Suzanne Shaffer

As spring approaches, colleges will be making their admissions decisions. As peer pressure goes, there is no greater pressure than that inflicted on each other over college applications and acceptances....