As 12th grade parents know, most college financial aid offices have or will soon be ‘mailing’ out their financial aid award letters.  Unfortunately, some (maybe even many) families [...]

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tublr, Snapchat or Vine! Last couple of years, I’ve become increasingly interested in the way social media is shaping the college admissions process. Most of [...]

It’s the 8th anniversary of my University Generosity March Madness Financial Aid Bracket. And I’m fired up.  Unfortunately, many of  last year’s victors won’t be dancing [...]

Unless you’ve been hiding under a non-wifi enabled rock this week, I’m guessing that you’ve heard about the massive overhaul of the SAT.  The changes, which have been expected [...]

Tis finally March.  And for those new to my blog, you’ll soon learn that not only am I an education geek, I’m a college basketball crazy.  There is nothing that I love more than when [...]

Last week’s Miami Herald ran a story about a new plan out of the State Senate Education Committee that would lower the cost of the widely-popular Florida Prepaid College Program.  While [...]

As many of you know, I conduct college planning workshops for families around town once or twice a month.  I also lecture about college and consult with a handful of independent high schools [...]

Most people (and my daughter especially) are still moving a little slowly this week, the 2nd one back from all the ‘holiday revelry’.  Not so me.  Once the ball dropped, I got buried [...]

Happy Friday!  Here’s a new college acronym for you to ponder this weekend (as if you needed another one).  It’s IDOC, and if your student has/is applying to an out-of-state college, [...]

Interesting story in last week’s New York Times:  ‘Getting Out of Discount Game:  Small Colleges Lower the Price.”   Now that’s an optimistic headline for me to end one [...]