69% of Students Highly or Very Highly Stressed by College Admissions

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This is a very stressful time of the year for high school seniors and others who are waiting to hear back from the admissions offices of colleges and universities. Although some top students received “you’ve been accepted” letters months ago from schools with rolling admissions policies, most students are still waiting to hear from most schools. And the wait can be agonizing.

According to The Princeton Review’s 2013 “College Hopes & Worries Survey” – an annual poll of college applicants and parents of applicants – stress levels are high and worries about college costs are higher than ever.  Eighty-nine percent of survey respondents this year say financial aid will be “very” necessary to pay for college and within that cohort 66 percent say “extremely” necessary (a five percent increase over 2012).  Nonetheless, 100 percent of the respondents believe college will be “worth it” and 51 percent see a “potentially better job / higher income” as the main benefit of the diploma. Other findings were: Continue Reading

Dream College for a Student Often Different From That Parents

A recent survey asked prospective students and their parents to name their dream colleges. Some of the schools on the list were the same — Stanford was first on both lists — but some were quite different.

The colleges students most named as their “dream college” were: Continue Reading

Make College More Affordable with these Five Great Tips

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When you begin researching colleges and degree programs, it’s easy to get caught up with the cost – specifically the cost per credit hour. But before choosing a college, it’s also important to look inside the cost of tuition because it often includes a number of hidden fees – everything from books to parking and living expenses. No one wants to pay for things they don’t need, but students often do without even realizing it. Continue Reading

Online Education: Non-Profit vs. For-Profit Institutions

These days, non-profit institutions are giving their for-profit counterparts some competition when it comes to attracting online students.  Learn more in the following infographic. Continue Reading

The Best Tax Advice I Ever Received

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Here it is – get educated on the tax code. No, really educated.

Tax LLM programs or Masters in Laws are comprehensive curricula that encompass congressional tax writing regulations, Internal Revenue Service(IRS) laws, The United States Tax Court codes as well as regulations by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. If you are someone who wants to attain this complex degree, you have to choose a college that offers the courses in a way that makes the whole syllabus easy to understand. Continue Reading

VIDEO: The future of careers, personal branding and workplace trends that are shaping our futures

Dan Schawbel speaks to the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs about the future of careers, personal branding and workplace trends that are shaping our futures. Continue Reading

The future of student enrollment – Five Predictions: #2

The following post offers the second prediction on how student enrollment will change in the future for colleges and universities.

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The future of student enrollment – Five Predictions #3 & # 4

The following post offers the third and fourth predictions on how student enrollment will change in the future for colleges and universities.

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The future of student enrollment – Five Predictions: #5

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Parent satisfaction and the college student experience

Colleges and universities should understand that parents and/or guardians can be influential when it comes to their child’s decision on where to go to school; they also have concerns.  Find out what areas they’re concerned about in the following post.

I am just one year away from my daughter Kylie enrolling in college. She is a senior in high school this year, and her college search is well under way. She knows her top two choices, plus she intends to apply to three other colleges. We did the first round of college visits last summer and spring, which helped to eliminate a couple schools from her list. We are now planning to schedule overnight visits at her top two colleges, to confirm that they are the right fit for her.

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Parent satisfaction and the college student experience