AZCollegePlanning

Good news for everyone (except current High School Seniors) The College Board announced yesterday that starting in March 2009, SCORE choice will be back! This means that from that point on, anyone who is NOT a senior will be able to pick and choose exactly which SAT I and II tests (subject tests) to send [...]

1. Never make your final college selection without visiting at least your top two or three choices. No matter how well you think you know a college or university, you can learn a lot (good or bad) by spending a few hours on campus, including whether or not the college feels like a good “fit” [...]

Cave Creek, Arizona – To many times parents put all their proverbial eggs in the “I hope my kid wins the full ride scholarship” basket.
I hate to burst your bubble but it ‘ain’t gonna happen’ for most families. You may even read this and say, “I’m not most families…” Read on then.
With American Idol fans [...]

1) Apply to 6 to 8 colleges, minimum.
One of the things that we have found is that it does no good to apply to so few colleges that you don’t get admitted anywhere or admitted to only 1 or 2.
You don’t need to apply to 30 different colleges, and in fact, it can actually hurt [...]

N Phoenix – The class of 2009 doesn’t have much time. Parents of High School Juniors who will be graduating in 09 are facing huge financial issues, as well as choosing the best-fit school for their kids.
In a very short few months your High School Junior is going to be a Senior. They should already [...]

Wimpy resumes from college grads find it difficult to land good paying jobs.
With hopeful news from the financial sects that the housing market has finally started to turn around, new jobs should blossom forth.
Newly graduated from college, a student can’t write an awesome resume if there is nothing to write. Employers can see through thinly [...]

Many families lack the financial resources to cover the entire cost of their children’s college education, which means they might need a loan. Even if a student qualifies for financial aid, part of the aid package might come in the form of loans that must be repaid.
The first key to unlocking college aid is to [...]

College graduates facing a frightening trend in the job market
 
Phoenix – The founder of AZ College Consulting, LLC is spot on the money noting a terrifying cyclical trend in the job market.
‘Before your high school student heads off to college and even before he/she starts looking for a major, they must

10 Tips for College-Bound Students
Fact number one is that the student who gets admitted to the greatest number of colleges is not necessarily the winner of this “game”. Fact number two is that neither is the student who is admitted to the most prestigious college or the student offered the greatest number of scholarships. Fact [...]

Cave Creek Arizona – J.D. the college guy was driving from Phoenix to San Diego for a college planning industry conference. It was a nice drive down Highway 8. A stack of music CDs and a fistful of highly caffeinated drinks.
 
Well I was surprised there were three, yes three US Border Patrol checkpoints. At [...]