Before we get into our article, the first thing you need to know is that we’re not telling you to ignore college rankings. What we are saying is that you need to know what the college rankings site you are looking at takes into account. For example, U.S. News (arguably the most well-known college ranking […]
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If you’re not familiar with the term “why us,” it basically refers to any college application where the essay topic is to explain why you chose that school or why you think you are a good fit for their program. With that in mind, here are a few tips to help you get your essay
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Just choosing a college major can be a difficult and even stressful part of the planning process. Here are a few tips to help set your mind at ease while also assisting you in making the best decision possible. Think about the schools you are applying to – Consider the program in your chosen major
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Standardized tests are not going anywhere anytime soon. While the pandemic threatened the test for a time, the fact is that the College Board is not even going through with plans to let students take the test at home. So yes, you are still going to have to go to a testing site. However, there
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In some households, parents take the responsibility upon themselves to put their kids through college. Because of this, they want control of the planning process as well. In other families, youths plot their own education course 100% independent of their parents. However, at College Planning Source, we find that the best results come when families
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Harvard is certainly a newsworthy school in its own right, being one of the private colleges in the US that students fight the hardest to get into. However, there are two particular reasons that you will find Harvard all over your newsfeed this week. They’ve decided to hold all classes online for the 2020-21 school
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As of February 2019, Forbes cited the student loan debt of the US population at $1.5 trillion. While your loan may be comparatively small to the overall burden on US students, you probably still want to pay it off as soon as possible rather than have it hang over you for years. How can you
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The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is the number one source for free money for college. That is why we talk about it so much in our blog. However, there are alternative sources for student aid. So we are going to dedicate today’s blog to other ways you can obtain free money for college.
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If you are having trouble filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), you are far from alone. One of the things that makes the application tough can be the terminology used. The good news is that the FAFSA defines how the terms are used. On the other hand, those definitions may not
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If you are planning on college, you need to be thinking about how to get as much financial aid as possible, no matter how much your family income is. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is going to play a crucial role in helping you to qualify for as much student aid as
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