Every year, students and their parents spend countless hours going through the stressful college admissions process in the hope of getting into top colleges. The results are often not pretty. As we just passed the May 1st enrollment deadline, here are a few comments of parents from a college Facebook group: "My kid is in her room crying her eyes out because we can't afford the two favorite options we have and she is likely going to "have to go to a STUPID SUNY!". "All our life we have sa....
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THE APPEAL PROCESS Each spring colleges attempt to entice students to their university with award letters to reduce the end cost. These award letters will show up in the families email, or mailbox between March 1 st and April 15th, depending on the college. When a college's award letter does not meet the student's financial needs, either in the total amount or type of aid, the student can appeal the award to the college. Most colleges have an appeal process that allows students to request a re....
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Those most likely to suffer the burden of college debt believe it’s usually worth the investment. The Hechinger Report conducted a survey in collaboration with the APM Research Lab and APM Reports’ Educate team. To view the full results of the survey, visit APM Research Lab. With the cost of college steadily rising, and student debt continuing to overwhelm millions of borrowers, it would make sense if young adults questioned the value of a bachelor’s degree. But more than half of t....
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Today "college" is a game. College is a bigger game than the Super Bowl. College is a money game. If you don't know how to play the game, you lose. The colleges know how to play the game - families don’t. Colleges invented the game and the rules, and every year families play along. Every year, students and their parents spend countless hours going through the stressful college admissions process with the hope of getting into top colleges. Many families worry more about taking the SAT to get ....
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