Archive for October, 2005

Financial Aid – Get a Head Start

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

The end of October means that you should start to think about and put together your materials for applying for financial aid. While you can’t apply for financial aid until…

The Best Guides to Applying to Colleges

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

It’s helpful to have a plan when you’re applying to colleges. But how can you have a college application plan when you’ve never done it before? These three guides describe the “secrets” of applying to colleges and will help you…

The Best Guides to Applying to Colleges

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

It’s helpful to have a plan when you’re applying to colleges. But how can you have a college application plan when you’ve never done it before? These three guides describe…

Writing Your College Essay

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

If you are a senior in high school in the process of applying for college, October means that you are probably agonizing over your college essays. How do you make sure that the essays you’re writing will help, rather than…

Writing Your College Essay

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

If you are a senior in high school in the process of applying for college, October means that you are probably agonizing over your college essays. How do you make…

The Best College Guidebooks

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Along with changing leaves and Halloween, October is the month when high school seniors should be narrowing down the colleges to which they would like to apply. Even before going on college visits, the best way to narrow down your…

Free SAT Vocabulary Words and Definitions

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Even on the new SAT, having a solid SAT vocabulary is crucial. But note that I said “SAT Vocab” rather than just Vocab. Year after year, the SAT covers the same vocab words. So it doesn’t make sense to just…