Although COVID-19 caused most in-person high school graduations to be cancelled this year, one of the most uplifting moments during that ceremony usually occurs when scholarship award announcements are made. The majority of parents, friends and classmates applaud admiringly as the school announces that its...
If you will be a high school senior in the fall, you probably already realize that the college application process will not be like anything ever encountered before. The COVID crisis brought your junior year to a screeching stop, and put an end to pre-college...
First of all, I want to say congratulations to the college and high school classes of 2020! Although this was most certainly not the graduation celebration you envisioned, you are still entitled to recognize the fact that your hard work has paid off. You now...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many students find themselves on an extended “break” from classes. This might have seemed like a great thing a few months ago, but now the reality of the pandemic’s far-reaching impacts are becoming starkly clear. Worried students are suddenly realizing...
COVID-19 is greatly impacting the way families will be able to look at paying for college this fall and beyond. As regular readers of this blog already know, there are many types of financial aid that are pulled together to help pay any expenses that...
What a strange and upsetting few months it has been. Everything was going along at a “normal” pace, and then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Now everything is different, and it is said that we will have to adjust to a new “normal,” even when states...