By U.S. News & World Report Magazine Attention, high school juniors: Starting next spring, you can determine which of your SAT scores a college gets to see. The College Board’s current policy is that if you send one score to a school, that colleges also sees the scores from every time you took the test. […]
Lower college loan rates start today. Yahoo! We all know the benefits of a college degree, now it becomes slightly affordable as federal legislation laws kicks in for the start of the new school year. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act initiates lower interest rates on federal student loans. The maximum Pell Grant scholarship […]
Good news for everyone (except current High School Seniors) The College Board announced yesterday that starting in March 2009, SCORE choice will be back! This means that from that point on, anyone who is NOT a senior will be able to pick and choose exactly which SAT I and II tests (subject tests) to send […]
Cave Creek, Arizona – To many times parents put all their proverbial eggs in the “I hope my kid wins the full ride scholarship” basket. I hate to burst your bubble but it ‘ain’t gonna happen’ for most families. You may even read this and say, “I’m not most families…” Read on then. With American […]
N Phoenix – The class of 2009 doesn’t have much time. Parents of High School Juniors who will be graduating in 09 are facing huge financial issues, as well as choosing the best-fit school for their kids. In a very short few months your High School Junior is going to be a Senior. They should […]
Wimpy resumes from college grads find it difficult to land good paying jobs. With hopeful news from the financial sects that the housing market has finally started to turn around, new jobs should blossom forth. Newly graduated from college, a student can’t write an awesome resume if there is nothing to write. Employers can see […]
College graduates facing a frightening trend in the job market Phoenix – The founder of AZ College Consulting, LLC is spot on the money noting a terrifying cyclical trend in the job market. ‘Before your high school student heads off to college and even before he/she starts looking for a major, they must
Cave Creek Arizona – J.D. the college guy was driving from Phoenix to San Diego for a college planning industry conference. It was a nice drive down Highway 8. A stack of music CDs and a fistful of highly caffeinated drinks. Well I was surprised there were three, yes three US Border Patrol checkpoints. […]
Review this information below with your kids. Hopefully it will save them some grief in the future. And, please feel free to pass this on to 3 or more of your friends. Warning: Students, What You Post On MySpace or Facebook Could Haunt You! It happened again. In January, 2008, almost 100 students (!!!!) from […]
Cave Creek — March and April are busy times for colleges across the United States. This is when the bulk of acceptance letters and award letters are sent out to nail-biting anxious students and their parents. With the anxiety of waiting over, some students and parents are shocked and bewildered at the award letters. These […]
