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Understanding Financial Aid with Claire Law

Claire Law is a Certified Educational Planner and author of “How to Control Your College Costs,” to be released this spring. In this video, Karen A. Hott of Two Bridges College Consulting interviews Claire with real questions from actual parents

Karen Hott April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 general Read more

Comparing Financial Award Letters

When financial aid award letters come in from colleges, you may find that each college has its own way of presenting financial awards. It can be like comparing apples to oranges. In this free webinar, Karen Hott of Two Bridges

Karen Hott April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 general Read more

Virtual College Fairs Are in Bloom

Virtual college fairs cropped in the past year as a way for colleges to reach prospective students whose movements were curtailed by covid. Before the pandemic started forcing shutdowns—a year ago—hundreds of admission representatives, each fall and spring, crowded into

Karen Hott March 9, 2021 general Read more

3 Good Virtual College Fairs + 1 TV Series

Virtual college fairs cropped in the past year as a way for colleges to reach prospective students whose movements were curtailed by covid. Before the pandemic started forcing shutdowns—a year ago—hundreds of admission representatives, each fall and spring, crowded into

Karen Hott March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 general Read more

IECA Believes: Ethical Educational Consulting

The Independent Educational Consultants Association just issued these “We Believe” statements. Members of the IECA do not use the underhanded methods shown by the unethical characters in the Varsity Blues scandal. With a new docudrama on the Varsity Blues Scandal

Karen Hott March 5, 2021March 6, 2021 general Read more

Changes to FAFSA that Can Hurt

Karen Hott February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 general Read more

The Impact of Covid on the Class of 2022

Four well-established admissions directors discussed Covid-19’s impact on the class of 2022, this year’s high school juniors. Applerouth’s Ginger Fay moderated a webinar February 7 with George Washington University’s Carol Lee Conchar, Georgia Tech’s Rick Clark, University of Wisconsin’s André

Karen Hott February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 general Read more

Understanding Financial Aid with Author Claire Law

Claire Law is a Certified Educational Planner and author of “How to Control Your College Costs,” to be released this spring. In this video, Karen A. Hott of Two Bridges College Consulting interviews Claire with real questions from actual parents

Karen Hott February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 general Read more

Carleton, Macalester, St. Olaf: Similarly Sublime

Why go to school in the Upper Midwest? What could I tell students from the Southeast about Minnesota, as most of us in Maryland and south think of Minnesota as a land encased in ice? The Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St.

Karen Hott January 30, 2021January 31, 2021 general Read more

Virtual College Fairs: Great Way to Learn

Karen Hott January 28, 2021January 22, 2021 general Read more
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Student Testimony

Ohio Wesleyan gave me $120,000 over 4 years and allowed me to enter the honors college. Plus the Vice President of admissions wrote a letter about how they liked my essay! Thank you for all the help!

Betsy E., class of 2021

About Karen

After completing the rigorous Independent Educational Consultant program at University of California, Irvine, Karen has eagerly pursued her study of colleges and affordability. Covid-19 curtailed her on-campus visits, but virtual outreach by colleges and professional organizations has enabled her to continue researching.

Recent posts from the blog

  • Understanding Financial Aid with Claire Law April 5, 2021
  • Comparing Financial Award Letters April 5, 2021
  • Virtual College Fairs Are in Bloom March 9, 2021
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