Got a student applying to colleges this year? Here are a few final items to look out for. And then sit back, relax and enjoy the holidays! I wish you a happy and healthy holiday season and a wonderful New Year!
If you’re like most normal people, talking about money with your kids ranks up there on the awkward scale with talking with them about sex. That doesn’t mean you get to skip it, though. When it comes to college, the long-term repercussions of a bad financial decision are far too big to overlook. So, how do you have a productive…
It’s time for a year-end check-in on your 529. One of the best aspects of 529s is the opportunities for free money. Here are a few ways to get more free money into your account: Have other people contribute for you. Are you stressing out about the junk your kids are going to get for the holidays? If so, give…
This week is great for a lot of things: spending time with friends and family, eating, pulling out holiday decorations, cleaning up after your Thanksgiving guests leave, exercising, … It will most likely NOT be great for filing the FAFSA, so you probably don’t want to spend your time on that. (Although the Department of Education had announced that the…
Harvard. University of Alabama. Stanford. Davidson College. Duke. Rice. Eastern Mennonite University. University of Chicago. Coe College. MIT. University of Iowa. Yale. University of New Mexico. Penn. Pepperdine. Columbia. West Point. These are the colleges that this year produced winners of arguably the most competitive scholarship in the world: Rhodes Scholars. Rhodes Scholars are selected through a multi-step process. Applicants…