In 2008 there were five institutions whose total cost (tuition, room, board and fees) registered above $50,000. In 2009, 53 additional colleges joined that heady list, with Sarah Lawrence coming in at $55,788 per year. Four years at Sarah Lawrence totals $223,152 (in the unlikely event that prices Continue Reading...
You may experience a case of sticker shock if you are entering the world of college admissions for the first time. Average annual tuition, room and board and expenses now hover around $50,000 at many four-year private colleges, and $15,000 for public institutions. What you’ll pay now for one Continue Reading...
The mortarboard tassels are already hanging from the car rearview mirrors, and the end-of-the-year party pictures are posted on Facebook. School may be out, but the summer is a great time to get a head start on thinking about college. Here are suggestions on how to make the most of this Continue Reading...
While lots of students may not have been accepted to their top school this year, large numbers didn’t receive the dreaded rejection letter either. Instead, they were the recipients of the sometimes confusing wait-list letter. Paraphrased here, it goes something like this: “We wanted Continue Reading...
We all know that parents mean well, but well, sometimes they just get in the way. Asked whether parents can hurt their children’s chances of admission at the recent Unigo/Wall Street Journal On Campus program entitled, “Inside the Admissions Office”, Seth Allen of Grinnell quipped Continue Reading...
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