This 2023 article does a good job of explaining! https://blog.massmutual.com/planning/legal-forms-for-18-year-olds

A college adviser helps you think about what you want in a college.

The College of New Jersey has so much going for it, recognized by USNWR as #1 overall in Northeast regional publics (2025) for its great retention and graduation rates and its focus on undergraduate teaching. But only 6% of its undergraduates come from outside New Jersey, even though they’ve lowered out-of-state tuition to within $6000 of in-state tuition. C’mon, Maryland, New

Duquesne University overlooks the Monongahela River, one of the three rivers that intersect in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has access to the cultural center and downtown businesses in Pittsburgh yet is set on 48 acres of secluded, park-like campus. The university is affiliated with the Catholic Spiritans. Students who identify as Catholic make up 45% of the population; 27% are students

I met with Director of Admissions Katherine Fainer (pronounced “Finer”) and Assistant Director of Admissions Joey Puleo on November 14, 2024. Reducing food waste Joey and Katherine treated me to lunch in the school dining hall, which, renovated in 2018, was clean, bright, and open. The signs to reduce food waste weren’t only on the screens above the food stations;

The sky’s the limit The first thing I saw when I found the campus of Carnegie Mellon University was a silver pole reaching diagonally about three stories into the sky, with colorized sculptures of men and women walking up it. It’s called Walking to the Sky, and it represents the belief that at Carnegie Mellon, “the sky’s the limit.” Know

On my first day ever in the city of Pittsburgh, my friend and colleague Dianne Keilholtz and I left Carnegie Mellon, lunched at a sidewalk table in the sun (it was in the 80s on Oct. 22), and then walked downhill to learn what makes Pitt so appealing to students. Cathy The Cathedral of Learning rises from the campus like

Of the 3500 students at Lynn, the majority come to Boca Raton from outside the state of Florida, and 16% are international students. Lynn awards merit aid from $10K to $22K per year based on your weighted GPA (and test scores, if submitted) and has an acceptance rate of 80%. Though this school in Florida is private, Floridians can still

Karen A. Hott, Hott off the Press, October 2024 UMD Counselors Day 2024 The University of Maryland has been growing alongside the construction of the new Metro Purple Line through the center of campus. But the worst is over; last summer when I visited it was much harder to navigate around the construction. Soon you’ll be able to board the

The Georgia state university system presented a webinar on Sept. 19 with overviews of some of their schools. Here are a few takeaways on Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech Pay attention to their motto, “Progress and Service.” It isn’t about progress for the sake of progress or service in isolation. It’s about creating progress in order to serve others. Georgia Tech