Dude, where’s my financial aid? By: Chris Damitio 11/24/08 What do you mean my financial aid has been cut $5,000? That’s what went through my head at the beginning of this, my final semester, at UH. As a kid, my family ate government cheese, and now as an adult without a degree, I’ve found mostly […]
Is your student thinking of going to a California State University college like San Jose State, San Diego State, Cal State Long Beach or Fullerton. Traditionally it has been more difficult to be admitted to the UC schools such as UCLA, UC Berkley and UC Sand Diego. Now it may be more dificult for your student […]
Truth sometimes is stranger than fiction. Here is another wacky college statistic. Believe it or not, a recent survey showed Americans with a college education can expect to live 7 years longer than those who only finish high school. Of course, the study was done by Harvard University, so there may be some bias there. […]
1.) Missppelling and Grammadical Arrors Not poof-reading, or rushing threw he application can leed to small mistakes that can make a huge unfavorable impression. Fill out the traditional application and let yer friends, parents and counselor review it. If you want to go to college and you’re using their, there, and they’re incorrectly- well now […]
Like a magician, now you have it. Now you don’t. The University of Buffalo made a big mistake, and now more than 100 students may not be able to afford to go to school. U.B. accidentally gave too much financial aid this year to 134 students, maybe more, and now those students will have to […]
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By J.D. Wyczalek Nov 7 2008 Thank God the election is finally over. If there is one more political TV commercial I just might pop. Now we can go back to viewing our regular TV commercials indoctrinated with drug ad pharmaceuticals. There really should be a pharmaceutical product that cures peniaphobia (the fear of going […]
Don’t make these 36 most common college application admission mistakes. It could be the difference between a yes and a no. 1. Students do not read the directions carefully to make sure they understand what items are needed in order to complete their application. Recommendation:Before beginning the application read through it for understanding. 2. Students […]
Parents of future college students diagnosed with Peniaphobia rooted in Didaskaleinophobia During this season some people have confessed they have Samhainophobia, the fear of Halloween, or other scary things like Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia the fear of the number 666 and Paraskavedekatriaphobia the fear of Friday the 13th. Personally when I was younger the Friday the 13th movies […]
KnowledgePoints in Peoria AZ is hosting the college financial aid workshop entitled How to not go broke paying for college. Click this link to register for the Peoria college planning workshop and check dates and time.
