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Preferential Student Packaging

Preferential Student Packaging is a term you must know so you can get all the aid you can get. Colleges use financial aid to recruit and attract the students they want. This is called preferential packaging, offering more scholarships/grants to the students they want...

Don’t have a college yet?

Don’t have a college yet? Here is a list of college that still have open seats for next fall 2016. https://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/College-Openings/Pages/College-Openings-Results.aspx Institution Name State/Country Freshmen Transfer Institutional...

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts of Private Scholarships

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts of Private Scholarships Private scholarships are more readily available for you than you may think, especially in your local community. This is the first of a three-part series on Private Scholarships which includes many of the tips...

College Leaves Financial Gap with Parents Holding the Ball

College leaves Financial gap with parents holding the ball A common practice that colleges use is not meeting the financial aid gap. So let’s say the Cost Of Attendance (COA) for one year at XYZ Private College is $60,000, let’s also assume the Expected Family...

Unintended Consequences of a Private Scholarship

Don’t pan for gold in the wrong place!   Before you and your student spend time and energy searching for that all powerful, all encompassing Private Scholarship, the FIRST thing you must do is find out what the college will do with the Private Scholarship...

What is the PSAT 10

What is the PSAT 10? The PSAT 10 is a practice SAT exam that debuted in the 2015-16 school year. It is aligned to the new SAT which meaning it has new SAT question types including evidence support questions on the reading. The scores will be on the same scale as the...