This is the fourth part of our six-part series on saving a buck while attending college. Read part 1, part 2, and part 3. 18. Apply for a high-school honors program and/or pursue scholarships If your student is still in high school, consider the benefits of enrollment in an honors program. It’s easy to overlook [...]
If you’re looking for a cheat sheet on how not to apply for college, look no further. We’ve got you covered. In all seriousness, applying for college can be intimidating, discouraging, and downright confusing. That’s why it’s so easy to make crucial errors that doom your student’s chance of being accepted to their institution of [...]
It’s about time we moved past the notion that homeschool students aren’t prepared for college. They are, says the overwhelming evidence—persistent stereotypes notwithstanding. Even so, homeschool students still face some significant transition points in the move to college, ones that graduates from public or private schools might not face. Here are three areas of adjustment [...]
This is the third part of our six-part series on saving a buck while attending college. Read part 1 and part 2. 13. Take advantage of university-subsidized health insurance Most universities offer subsidized general health care coverage. Because the Affordable Care Act allows young people to remain on their parents’ health insurance until age 26, [...]
https://vimeo.com/377088478 It’s an incessantly heard drumbeat: Your SAT and ACT scores are among the most important elements of whether you’ll get into a good college. It’s so important, in fact, that we devote loads and loads of preparation for the big test day. So how important is your SAT and ACT score in [...]
This is the second part of our six-part series on saving a buck while attending college. Click here to read part 1. 7. Weigh price and value when evaluating schools It seems simple enough, but too often cost doesn’t factor into decisions about college. But cost, in fact, is the most important part of the [...]