Admission Our Hot Topic on #CollegeCash
Tonight our #CollegeCash friends and families got together to share the stress and advice of the college admissions process. We had special guest Dr. Nancy Berk to help calm the nerves of many of our friends. [View the story "Admission Hot Topic on #CollegeCash" on Storify] Share → Tweet
The Trend of Students Applying to College is Higher Than Ever!
My new passion is about enrollment in college, otherwise known as Enrollment Management (or #EMchat). There are staff members in colleges who crunch numbers and devise strategies and plans to help shape college admissions and meet established goals. The numbers of universities and colleges instituting offices of Enrollment Management has increased in recent years. Enrollment Management offices provide help and coordination to offices such as admissions, financial aid, registration and other student services. (Often these offices are part of an Enrollment Management division.) Enrollment Management is an organizational concept and... Read The Rest →
Financial Aid on the Web
Today’s guest, Justin Chase Brown, is a Financial Aid Associate Director at a major 4-year public university working with over 30,000 students. Justin grew up and attended/graduated college in Texas and moved to the Midwest shortly thereafter, working in financial aid. He was a financial aid recipient for undergrad and graduate school and has been assisting students with filing the FAFSA for over 7 years. Last July, Federal Student Aid updated their website and consolidated it to studentaid.gov, and also developed it for mobile use. The new studentaid.gov site is... Read The Rest →
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Ways to Side-Step the Shortage of Financial Aid
Although nearly every college student wants a scholarship to help pay tuition, only about 50 percent of college students are expected to receive free money each year. But there are some steps students can take right now to improve their odds of being in the lucky 50 percent: Apply Early for Financial Aid: It’s wise to start applying for financial aid (both private and college/university grants) at least a year in advance. This gives you enough time to understand the terms and apply accordingly. In addition, due to the economy,... Read The Rest →
Top 10 Survival Tips for College
College is a whole new world, so be prepared! Here are our top 10 survival tips to help you get – and stay – focused Don’t overload your schedule. If you haven’t already registered, try not to schedule back to back classes. You’ll wear yourself out besides missing the best times to study–right before and right after class. Start off on the right foot. Know what’s expected of you Take notes from the first day even if it’s routine stuff you think you already know. Establish a routine time to... Read The Rest →
Grades and Your GPA
It’s easy to let grades slip that first semester. There are so many events going on and so much partying to do. And let’s not forget how difficult some of your classes will be. Do your best to keep up your grades. Bad grades in your first year will bring down your total grade point average. You’ll probably be a better student in your junior and senior year when you’re working on your major, and you’ll be pretty mad at yourself if the only thing killing your GPA is a... Read The Rest →
#CollegeCash Open House
Our #CollegeCash Twitter Seminar will be held in the ever popular Open Mic Night format! I’m excited about our very special Open House version…. Thursday will be “Bring a Friend” night. Invite a friend who currently has a junior or senior student to participate and you will receive a VIP invite to an exclusive Google hangout! I’ll be hosting a live Google hangout where you and your friend have the floor to ask me any and all financial aid questions you might have. You will have complete uncensored access to... Read The Rest →
College Prep
It’s that time of year when high school students entering their junior and senior years are beginning the college prep process. So this week, we’ve invited Megan Dorsey on our chat to discuss this very important topic. Megan has an undergraduate degree from Rice University, a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from University of Houston, and a certificate from UCLA’s college counseling program. She worked as a high school teacher and counselor before starting her own test prep and educational consulting business in 2006. The college application process begins early; juniors... Read The Rest →
Scholarship Pre-Planning CollegeCash Summary
Our guest hostess was Monica Matthews for our #CollegeCash twitter Seminar last night Monica Matthews is the author of “How to Win College Scholarships” found at http://how2winscholarships.com. She helped her own son win over $100,000 in college scholarships and now shares this passion with other parents and their students. Her scholarship tips have been featured on several websites and she has been dubbed the “Go To” expert on college scholarships. College Scholarships: Plan Early, Win More! Start Early and create expectations-As your children grow, use phrases like “when you go to... Read The Rest →
The Perfect College: It’s Not Beyond Your Reach
This week Jodi welcomed special guest Isa Adney, author of Community College Success, a book she wrote to show other less-privileged students how they can break barriers, make money, discover the best career suited for their strengths and talents, get into universities or careers they thought were beyond their reach, and create success beyond their wildest hopes and dreams. Isa grew up in a lower middle-class family and was the first in her family to graduate from college. On this week’s call, she shared her personal story and tips to... Read The Rest →