“I will not help you hide your money when you apply for financial aid” and more straight talk from admissions advisors to parents

(The Washington Post) By Valerie Strauss– One of the hardest parts of a college admissions officer’s job — if not the hardest part — is dealing with some of the entitled or unrealistic parents of students who are trying to figure out where to apply to college. Here is a piece on things that college […]

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New Timing for Applying for College Aid Offers Opportunities and Pitfalls

(The Wall Street Journal) By Jillian Berman — The college-application and decision process just got a bit more complicated. That’s because the 2017-2018 college-application cycle marks the first time students and families could apply for federal financial aid in the fall, several months earlier than in the past. The government’s goal in opening the Free […]

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