Harvard. Amherst. Southern Connecticut State University. US Naval Academy. MIT. Yale. Penn. Lafayette College. Stanford. UMBC. University of Georgia. Wake Forest. Columbia. Duke. US Military Academy. UNC. Ohio State. University of Michigan. Johns Hopkins. US Air Force Academy. South Dakota State University. University of Virginia. UC Santa Cruz. These are the colleges that this year produced winners of arguably the…
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Many people mistakenly believe that their in-state public colleges are the only public college option available to their student. In fact, there are many, many public options available, often at the same or lower cost than remaining in state. Typically, for an out of state school to make sense, they need to offer some form of either scholarship or tuition…
In my latest podcast episode, Dr. Alan Shusterman, professor of chemistry at Reed College, shares some insights on how and why students succeed academically in college. As a professor, a parent of two college graduates, and a lifelong student himself, Alan has seen this topic from pretty much every available angle and has some fantastic advice.
There are loads of great reasons to take advanced classes in high school: additional rigor, intellectual challenge, preparing for college, diving deeper into a topic. One of the most common reasons students take these classes, though, is to get college credit while in high school. If college credit is one of your goals, then you need to know what colleges…
Recently I was a guest on the Hack Your Wealth podcast where we discussed all things financial aid. You can listen to the podcast here.