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college discriminates between genders

Sex bias probe in colleges’ selections Yep, colleges do discriminate between male and female students. Here is an article from the Washington Post. Panel to study whether men are favored in area schools’ admissions By Daniel de Vise Washington Post Staff...

New Deal: Pay more get less from college

New deal: Pay more get less from college. At least that is the trend at some public universities. Some state universities facing budget cuts are offering fewer classes and raising tuition. The New York Times reported that UCLA, along with other state schools in...

Getting Accepted to a U.S. Service Academy

by Sal Allen America has over 12,000 students in attendance at one of the three regular U.S. service academies at any one time. These students (called midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy and cadets at both the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy),...

Merit, need student or career specific scholarships

Sorting out the confusion… The most common scholarships may be classified as: Merit-based: These awards are based on a student’s athletic, academic, artistic or other abilities, and often factor in an applicant’s community service record and...

[COA-EFC=(NEED/HGP)+(SD)]=TC

I know it looks like some crazy formula created by Einstein, Hawking or Tesla but is actually the formula that you MUST know. If you don’t know this formula and how it relates to each college on your child’s list you will be leaving money on the table. This crazy...

How American is the American Opportunity Tax Credit

Many parents and college students will be able to offset the cost of college over the next two years under the new American Opportunity Tax Credit. This tax credit is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed by the Obama administration. What...