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Students in wealthy families enjoy many advantages if they aspire to attend an elite institution. One advantage is that the family can simply pay full tuition plus all other costs…

The college admissions process has occasionally been likened to an old-fashioned mating ritual. It starts out with mutual flirtation: student flirts with college requesting information and perhaps visiting campus; colleges…

The colleges have made their decisions and now students are in the driver’s seat and by May 1 they must notify the college they choose to attend. All students, even…

Within a week, all admissions decisions will be complete, notifications made and we’ll all be watching the fabulous tear-jerking videos of deserving students finding out they’ve been accepted into their…

My first question to Rachel was “What do you wish you knew then that you know now?” Rachel, after all, is officially a veteran of the college admissions process. While…

If you’re the parent of a high school senior and you’re thinking about how to pay for college without going broke, it’s a whole new, expensive world. Paying for College…

Being deferred is NOT the same as being rejected. It may feel that way for students, but this year with a record number of early applications there has also been…

Last week I shared a glossary of financial aid terms (A-F) that families in the midst of applications and those approaching it should know. This week I’ll finish off the…

Right now, the angst among high school seniors and their parents is palpable. It is especially true this week with looming October 15 deadlines at UNC Chapel Hill, U Georgia,…

When students are writing their “Why this college?” essay, they need to convince the admissions office that the college is a great fit for them. How students do that is…