by Bob Cole | Oct 6, 2020 | Admissions, Blog
Headlines, especially of late, can be controversial. The alleged pending death of higher education has been recent headline fodder, including “The End of College as We Knew It?” “On Collegiate Death and Dying,” “The Oddsmakers of the College Deathwatch,” and the more...
by Joanne Dashiell | Sep 24, 2020 | Admissions, Blog
Colleges require one or more of the following applications to apply for federal, state and institutional financial aid. In light of Covid-19, deadlines may have changed or vary from last year. Missing them can mean missing out on financial aid you would have been...
by Joanne Dashiell | Sep 24, 2020 | Admissions, Blog
Q.If I’m still finalizing my college list and because of Covid-19 I can’t visit campuses, are there other things I should be doing to prepare to apply? A.Even if you can’t visit and your list is not final, there is plenty you can do. Like you, college admissions...
by Joanne Dashiell | Aug 5, 2020 | Admissions, Blog
Q.My child is entering her senior year of high school, and obviously college visits are out. How can parents support the totally virtual college search? A.This is a question close to my heart because I have a daughter who’s a rising senior, too. My advice comes from...
by Joanne Dashiell | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog, Saving
What does flipping through a magazine in a doctor’s office have to do with saving for college? For Brenna DeLaine, a physician herself, it resulted in saving thousands of dollars for her children’s higher education tuition costs. It was about 16 years ago when Brenna...
by Joanne Dashiell | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, Saving
Andrew Spargo likes his newspapers—the printed version—not the online sites. So he was reading The Wall Street Journal in 2003 when he saw an ad for a new way to save for college, called Independent 529. (It’s now Private College 529 Plan.) At the time, Andrew and...
