With school starting Monday and everyone (in my house, anyway) in a tizzy, I thought I’d cut right to the chase today.  Below are 5 things you should be considering when it comes to your [...]

I’m thinking this article might stir a few pots, so I’m gonna give a standard disclaimer – every case, indeed every student, is a little bit different.  There are times when one [...]

The Senate voted yesterday to reduce student loan rates.  From 6.8% to 3.86%. Really. Haven’t we heard this one before? Wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that the very same Senate [...]

My daughter left for Camp yesterday – her summer’s just getting started.  Funny, because mine is just about over. The  2013-14 Common Application opens on August 1, officially marking [...]

For several years I’ve been writing about how middle class families can get discounts off the cost of college.  And over the years I have had the privilege of helping many families obtain [...]

What a difference a year makes! Last June (an election year), the president and Congress agreed to postpone any hike in student loan interest rates, reaching a compromise for one year. This time [...]

I think you might want to settle in for this one.  I’m fresh off two days of meetings with Admissions and Financial Aid Officials at the Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA) [...]

Saturday (June 1) was the last time this school year that a student could sit for the SAT; and Saturday (June 8) offered the last bite of the ACT apple.  With these two tests now in the rearview, [...]

OK, you’re probably as anxious to skip ahead to the ‘good stuff’ (the acceptances) as I am to share them with you.  Not gonna lie – it was a record-breaking year for our [...]

Dear Reader, Right now, countless 12th graders and their families are huddled together pouring through college acceptances, comparing final financial aid offers, and weighing prestige, price, and [...]