Grants from a variety of Swarthmoore college-administered sources are available to support research by students in each of the three divisions during the summer. All continuing students are eligible to apply for summer research support; however priority is generally given to students who are currently completing their junior year. Graduating seniors are not eligible. For [...]
According to Leigh Bell, counselor at KMHS, completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is important so students can be offered financial assistance in the form of grants and loans to attend college. Every senior and current college student who plans to attend any type of post-secondary educational institution sometime during 2011-2012, will need [...]
Here are some general myth about student loans. If you remember anything, just that IT IS A LOAN, NOT FREE MONEY. In addition, it is usually owned by Uncle Sam. That means he will get his money one way or another. Student loans will never go away unless you die. If you file for a [...]
This is a question that one of my buddies asked me last week, and I thought it would be a good question. If you are in your mid-to-late twenties, it seems like you’re an exception if you DO NOT have any student loan. Hey, price of college education is not getting cheaper, and many of [...]
Do you know what happens to your FASFA financial aid applications after you send it? Does it sit in the mail room with the others or being scanned by computers to be archived for later use? Or are they read by several of unenthusiastic admissions officers? Read below to find out. Believe it or not, [...]
According to the The Chronicle of Higher Education, there now are 100 colleges which cost more than $50,000 per year, including the first public university, the University of California at Berkeley. What would shock unassuming parents even more than exorbitant tuition are some of college admissions’ dirty little secrets. I believe shock therapy is necessary, [...]
AJC reporter Laura Diamond has a good Q&A today with the Emory University director of admissions on how to get into college. (You are on your own in figuring out how to pay for it.) I love reading these sorts of interviews, although I still think that there are many puzzling aspects to the whole [...]
Are you passionate about the environment? Now you can get a college degree with a major or minor in green studies at an increasing number of colleges and universities. USA Today reports that students are flocking to college courses on energy and sustainability, and that 2009 alone saw more than 100 college majors, minors and [...]
How to Find Free Scholarship Money If you are like the millions of parents here in the US hoping to get yourself or your children into college and trying to figure how to pay for it then you are undoubtedly under a tremendous amount of pressure. It is no easy task to get college scholarships [...]
College can be a big expense and many cannot afford to get student loans. Unfortunately, this leads many people to forget about going to college altogether. Here are a few places to find grant and scholarship money available for college students and continuing education adults. My higher school guidance counselor was worthless. The guidance division [...]
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