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Information and strategies about getting into the best colleges with the best $$
The Secret to Getting Great College Scholarships: Part One
Are you like most parents I know, looking for scholarships in all the wrong places? In this blog I am going to reveal to you an ocean of scholarships right there for the taking. 1. The Ocean of Scholarships vs. a Puddle of Outside Scholarships Imagine an ocean of...
The Secret to Getting Great College Scholarships: Part Two
Okay, okay, Dr. Barb, you're saying, we get it! Merit money for the colleges is much easier to get than trying for impossibly difficult national scholarships so we should focus on them. Yes, absolutely. Now the question is, how do you get Merit Scholarships? And where...
The 8 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make About Getting Financial Aid
What's the problem? College tuition, room & board are going up by 15% each year (USA Today Report, 6/20/12) at a time when it is already unbelievably expensive (Ivy Leagues $230,000 for four years; public universities like UCs $120,000 for four years; 4 year...
How to Go to Out-of-State Colleges at In-State Prices!
"The Secret of the Western University Exchange" One of the best ways to save money on out of state public universities like the U of Arizona, U of Hawaii and U of Colorado is to participate in the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) . If you are a resident of WUE...
Western Colleges with Best Merit Scholarships
Chapman--1400 scholarships available Pepperdine--300 scholarships University of Pacific--350 scholarships U. of Redlands--UNLIMITED scholarships; 10 full tuition USC--450 scholarships Westmont, Santa Barbara--650 scholarships Whittier--Varies CSU Fresno--900...
The Colleges that Offer NO Merit Scholarships
1. These Colleges are King Kong As I said in previously, merit money was started about 40 years ago to raise the academic level of a college and university, much the same way that colleges use athletic scholarships to recruit the best athletes. However, the following...
Don’t Go Breaking a Child’s Heart
Everything a Parent Wants to Know About Financial Aid, but Was Too Overwhelmed to Ask Since financial aid is such a tangled, complicated changeable mess (Congress changes it's mind all the time) and I promised you that I am going to help you carve a bright, clear path...
Two Quick Strategies for Reducing College’s Sticker Price
Everything a Parent Wants to Know About Financial Aid, but Is Too Overwhelmed to Ask The more money you make, the more difficult it is to pay for college using the institutional methodology, the PROFILE. Why is this helpful to know? Because one quick way to find a...