Throw Out What You Knew About College Affordability

New Rules Forcing Parents To Work Smarter Just To Afford College. The Plan You Had Just Became A Liability And Can Backfire. Top Line: Business Owners Will Feel The Pain And Families With More Than One Child May End Up Paying Double. https://www.forbes.com/sites/vinaybhaskara/2023/06/06/college-is-about-to-get-more-expensive-for-middle-class-families/?sh=22f4df0e2254 The FAFSA, the primary financial aid application used by colleges and universities…
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Why Some Get Admitted While Other Strong Students Get Rejected

You Can Control Most Of This Process By Focusing On These Factors: *Academic grade point average in all completed A-G courses, including additional points for completed UC-certified honors courses. *Number of, content of and performance in academic courses beyond the minimum A-G requirements. *Number of and performance in UC-approved honors and Advanced Placement courses. *Identification…
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Another Reason Rankings Don’t Serve The Purpose You May Think

Colleges can manipulate enrollment to report an illusion of post-graduate success and lower student loan debt. Rankings force behaviors to be adopted by colleges like equating “academic quality with institutional wealth and privilege”. https://gazette.com/news/education/colorado-college-to-no-longer-provide-data-for-u-s-news-world-reports-flawed-rankings/article_ae247174-b6f1-11ed-b686-5fa837e8d74c.html
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Early Common Application Trends For Class Of 2027

-2.8 Million Apps Submitted By Nov 1.-61% Of Domestic Students Submitting Early Came From ZIP Codes In The Top Income Quintile.-Only 48% Of Students Self-Reported Test Scores, Down From 51% The Year Before-400,000 Early Apps Were Submitted To The Most Selective Colleges With A Lower Than 25% Admit Rate-Over 1 Million Early Apps Were Submitted…
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