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How to Cut the Cost of College
This is the time of year when I get emails from anguished parents who are stressed about how they are going to pay for the colleges that their 18-year-olds are eager to attend in the fall. In many of...
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Appealing a Financial Aid or Merit Award
What happens when the financial aid or merit aid package that a student receives from a school is inadequate? Is it possible to extract more money from a college? I’ve been getting questions about...
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An Angry Mom Rails Against Elite Colleges
I am sharing with you today an angry comment sent to me from an physician in a Southern state whose daughter will be heading to college in the fall. The mother is furious because not a single school...
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Different Scholarship Results for National Merit Finalists
As promised, today I am sharing my thoughts on the email that I posted on Monday from a disillusioned mother from Alabama, who is bitter about her brilliant daughter’s admission results. Both...
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Saying No to Northwestern University
Will your child end up going to his or her dream school? The odds are that your child won’t if the college or university is a rankings alpha dog. And that’s especially true if you don’t enjoy a...
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A New Tool to Measure College Costs
Today I’m sharing with you a new online tool that you can easily use to generate quick cost estimates and comparisons at individual colleges. All you need is to start playing with the universal net...
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Advice for the B Student
Interested in cutting the cost the cost of college? If so, I’d urge you to sign up today for my upcoming summer online course that can potentially save you tens of thousands of dollars or more. If...
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Seriously: The Best Way To Cut College Costs
When you are contemplating how much a bachelor’s degree is going to cost your family, you must keep this in mind: Colleges and universities are high-stakes businesses that want to charge you more than...
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A Great New Financial Aid Website
If you’ve ever spent time on FinAid, the popular website stuffed with information about financial aid, you’ll definitely want to bookmark a new website called Edvisors. Mark Kantrowitz, the founder...
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A Quick Way to Find Generous Colleges
How can you find the most generous colleges and universities? I’m talking about the institutions that meet 100% of financial need or close to it? And what about the schools that provide merit...
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The Moneyball Approach to College
The following guest post was written by my friend Michelle Kretzchmar, who created an incredibly helpful college blog called DIYCollegeRankings. Michelle, a data analyst by trade, created her own...
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An Inside Scoop on Athletic Recruiting
To learn more about the recruiting process, I recently talked with Avi Stopper, a former college athlete and a co-founder of CaptainU, which could be called an athletic LinkedIn that helps student...
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Are You Confused and Frustrated?
If you have a teenager who will be heading to college some day, you probably are frustrated and confused. It’s hard to find answers when you are looking for ways to cut your college costs. It’s...
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Colleges That Meet 100% of Financial Need
If your family will need to depend on financial aid to attend college, your best bet is to find a school that will offer an excellent financial aid package to your child. A handy way to assess the...
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Why You MUST Use Net Price Calculators!
If your child is in the midst of applying to colleges, do you have an excellent idea of what each school on your child’s list will cost you? If you don’t, I strongly suggest that you temporarily halt...
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Stingy Catholic Universities
For families who struggle the most with college costs, some notable Catholic universities are among the nation’s stingiest. This has been one of my long-standing pet peeves so I was intrigued when I...
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Let Lynn Teach You How to Cut the Cost of College
Like millions of other parents, are you stressing about how exactly you are supposed to pay for college? I can help. Beginning on Feb. 10, I will be offering my online course for parents of teenagers...
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Deciphering Misleading Financial Aid Letters
Financial aid awards are often confusing. I believe many colleges and universities intentionally make financial aid awards hard to decipher to trick families into thinking that their institutions are...
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Appealing for a Better Merit Award
I wrote this post last year, but it’s just as relevant today for families who are upset with puny merit awards. What happens with the merit scholarship that a student receives from a school is...
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Would You Pay $47,000 for the University of Oregon?
Last week at the exercise boot camp that I attend on Sunday mornings, I saw a mom who hadn’t been coming to the workouts for several months. The mom is divorced and is trying to support herself as a...
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