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College Big Picture
| Economics Lesson PBS - Need to Know - Fen 10, 2012 With student loan debt now nearing $1 trillion, Need to Know looks at the dilemma facing young people: go to college and likely accumulate tens of thousands of dollars in debt or more, or skip it and risk never qualifying for a higher-paying job....
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| Anya Kamenetz on the 'Debt Generation' PBS - Need to Know - Fen 10, 2012 Ray Suarez interviews Anya Kamenetz, author of "Generation Debt," who says too many students are being given advice that leads them into permanent, overwhelming debt....
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Student loan debt: The next financial disaster? CBS News MoneyWatch - Fen 9, 2012 Student loan debt is pushing a growing number of Americans into bankruptcy and an organization of bankruptcy lawyers predicted this week that the college debt problem could become as big a catastrophe as the home mortgage crisis.....
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Current College Students Struggle to Survive Rising Tuitions New York Times - The Choice - Feb 15, 2012 Tuition rates can be prohibitive. Prospective students know this and plan their academic careers accordingly. What students may not consider, however, are the costs that can keep them from graduating once they’re enrolled: tuition increases. ...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Now is the best time for juniors to start planning for college San Jose Mercury News - Feb 13, 2012 The college admissions season will be coming to a close for current high school seniors over the next few months, but this is the time for juniors to really begin thinking about their futures beyond high school. ...
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Getting the Most Out of Free College-Planning Resources Wise Bread - Feb 15, 2012 Having heard so much about the difficulty and stress of choosing, applying to, and getting accepted into college, I was concerned that I needed to spend lots of time coaching my son during his senior year of high school....
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Getting Ideas for a College List The College Solution Blog - Feb 13, 2012 It’s intimidating when families hear that there are thousands of colleges and universities in this country. It’s equally unnerving when families try to grapple with this question: Where do you find ideas?....
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The Personal Statement - What Do Colleges Look For? Zimbio - Feb 13, 2012 College admission committees find these characteristics in potential students since these qualities portray the level of involvement you will have within their the school. Being involved within extracurricular activities shows that a student can be a well rounded and contains substantial time management skills.....
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Three keys to college admissions success
NY College Admissions Examiner - Feb 13, 2012 Steve LeMenager, educational consultant for Edvice in Princeton, NJ, and former Director of Admission at Princeton University, sums up the essential qualities that the most competitive colleges seek.....
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Early Admissions
Suddenly, the pressure is off Los Angeles Times - Feb 13, 2012 Among the college-bound crowd of America's high school seniors, this is the time to exhale. A happy few have been accepted by early admissions programs at the campuses of their dreams....
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Does Applying Early Mean a Better Chance of Acceptance? U.S. News University - Feb 14, 2012 Every year, many bachelor's degree seekers opt to apply to their chosen schools under early action programs. In doing so, students are allowed to apply to colleges a few months early, usually in November, but do not need to agree to attend that school if they are accepted.....
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Is early admission right for you? LA College Bound Examiner - Feb 14, 2012 Four years ago both Harvard and Princeton canceled their early admission programs fearing that the practice favored wealthy students with superior college counseling and hoping that other colleges and universities across the country would follow suit....
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SATs & ACTs
SAT Subject Tests Matter Huffington Post - Feb 9, 2012 The SAT II Subject Tests are an important, but often neglected part of the college application process. Indeed, the exams are challenging both in the breadth of material for which students are responsible and in terms of the scale used to produce final scores ....
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Counselors
| HSCW Counselors' Corners Post - Feb 15, 2012 FAQs on Financial Aid You’re in the middle of scheduling, it’s almost February Break, and now students are getting financial aid offers. How can you help them?—why, with this:. .... More
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| Counselors Integral Student Success KRTV - Feb 10, 2012 School counselors are known for helping students develop in the classroom and in the plans for the future, and they also play a vital role in making sure students' personal lives are also on track....
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Facebook
12 Facebook Photos You Should Delete Now About.com - Feb 13, 2012 We may like to think that only our friends are looking at our Facebook accounts, but anyone who wants to know more about us is likely to investigate our online identities...
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Financial Aid/FAFSA
Make moves now to increase financial aid CBS News - Feb 10, 2012 If you have a student planning to attend college this fall and are going to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) this year, then planning now can pay off....
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Working With Colleges to Find Financial Aid Huffington Post - Feb 13, 2012 Many families assume their search for college cash ends when they file the FAFSA (see my blog for January 30). That's really just the beginning -- here's what to know after you hit submit:....
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Your financial aid package (a mixed bag) NorthJersey.com - Feb 13, 2012 What's uppermost in the minds of high school seniors and their parents — regardless of the economy — is the cost of attending college and whether or not they can afford it:....
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Dependent or Independent Status for Financial Aid? About.com - Feb 15, 2012 I've received several email messages from parents who were upset to learn that their child would be considered a dependent for financial aid purposes even though he or she filed separate taxes and was not claimed as a dependent on the parents' tax forms....
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Scholarships
Consider These 4 Unique College Scholarships US News & World Report - Feb 9, 2012 Generally, we think about college scholarships and financial aid as pretty serious business. You spend precious hours searching out opportunities, crafting perfect essays, finding the ideal recommendations, and making sure your application is up to par—and the cost of college is certainly no joke....
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Parents
Financial Aid Strategies With a Catch NASDAQ - Feb 9, 2012 Your kid is halfway through high school, and the gap between your savings and the cost of college has grown alarmingly wide. Understandably, you want to position your finances, and your student, to attract as much financial aid as possible...
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South
State colleges fear they're becoming unaffordable Sun-Sentinel - Feb 10, 2012 Florida's cheapest colleges aren't feeling so affordable to many students any more. Annual tuition and fees at state colleges, also called community colleges, have increased over the past five years from about $2,000 to about $3,000 for full-time students....
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'Go Build Georgia' Tackles Workforce Skills Gap Acworth.Patch - Feb 13, 2012 Chattahoochee Technical College welcomed high school counselors, business leaders and community members to the third stop on the Go Build Georgia regional tour Monday evening....
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Virginia high schools linked to college enrollment figures Lynchburg News and Advance - Feb 12, 2012 For the first time, information available on the Virginia Department of Education website links individual Virginia high schools with the college enrollment and achievement of their graduates.....
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