College Admissions 101

If you have heard of the term "yield protection," it might set off alarm bells as you consider the implications for high-achieving students.  Yield protection colleges reject or waitlist candidates — highly qualified candidates, that is — with the thought that they...

Does paying for college without loans sound like a dream? But you may wonder… How? After all, everyone seems to take out loans to pay for college? But what if you did not have to? What if you could carefully piece together how to pay for college without loans by doing...

You can only attend one school, so in the process of building a college list, you will have to whittle it down.  But does "how to narrow down college list" really come easily?  Unfortunately, it is not always that simple. Some students know right away whether a school...

When you choose individuals to write a letter of recommendation for scholarship and admission, you know it needs to be good. Not only does it need to display your character, qualities and future potential, the individual you choose to write it should know you. They...