Two small colleges in one Florida town–Lakeland–are as dissimilar as the U.S. Naval Academy and St. John’s College in Annapolis: Florida Polytechnic University and Florida Southern College. Florida Polytechnic opened in 2012, becoming the twelfth institution in the Florida public
Finding Your Affordable Family Contribution
Financial aid expert Claire Law discusses money matters with Harry, the father of a high school junior. His son will be graduating high school in 2022, and his daughter will graduate in 2025. The biological parents divorced and both remarried.
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
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
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
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
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
Changes to FAFSA that Can Hurt
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
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