JLV College Counseling9 places to look for scholarships
Paying for college is one of the biggest concerns students and parents have about college. As the cost of education has skyrocketed, more and more families are concerned about the possibility of their children going to college. Although the price tag for a college education can seem out of reach, there is a lot of financial help available.
One of the most common questions college counselors receive from students and parents is where to find scholarships. Using scholarships and other free monies for college is the way many students and their families want to pay for college. Here are nine places to look for scholarships or free money for college: Read More
Scholarship Saturday – June 13, 2015
The deadlines for the scholarships that were on this list have passed. To see scholarships that are still accepting applications, visit more recent Scholarship Saturday posts.
What is college fit?
College fit is one of those terms that is used throughout the college counseling world. It will be a regular term students hear during their college search. However, what exactly does college fit mean? A good college fit is when a college meets a student’s needs and wants academically, socially, and financially. Good college fits will meet most, if not all, of the student’s preferences in a college.
The list below offers some of the things students should consider when searching for colleges that could be a good fit. Read More
Scholarship Saturday – June 6, 2015
The deadlines for the scholarships that were on this list have passed. To see scholarships that are still accepting applications, visit more recent Scholarship Saturday posts.
Why double depositing is wrong
Patrick O’Connor posted a fictitious conversation about double depositing in the Huffington Post recently. The gist of the conversation is that the new college freshman is not happy at his selected college because the college had to make cuts due to double depositing, or summer melt. Read the full conversation here.
Double depositing is the act of sending a tuition deposit to two (or more) colleges. Typically this double depositing happens on or before May 1, the National College Enrollment Deposit Day. Read More
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