Why Your Best College Financial Aid Will Probably Come From a School No One Has Ever Heard Of

Boy scratching his ear because he never heard of the college offering the best college financial aid

Boy scratching head because best financial aid came for a school he never heard ofYour best college financial aid will likely come from the college you attend. This means students need to rethink their college search based on size. Size is probably one of the first limitations students use when searching for colleges, often based on little to no real experience or evidence. And if you’re interested in getting the best college financial aid possible, this is a big mistake.

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4 Simple Tips to Organize the Recruiting Process

4 Simple Tips to Organize the Recruiting Process

Athlete using smart phone for 4 Tips to Organize Your College Recruiting ProcessCollege athletic recruiting is a process of narrowing down school choices while collecting increasingly detailed information about those choices and not losing track of where you are during the process. Piece of cake-right! The problem is that athletes won’t always be at the same stage in the recruiting process for every college they’re considering. One school may be at the “received a mass email flyer for a summer camp” stage while another is at the “scheduling an official visit” stage. So how do you keep track of everything? Here are four ways to organize the recruiting process.

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How Much Should Students Borrow for College?

Money representing how much should students borrow for college

graduation hat on money representing how much money you should borrow for collegeAnyone who pays attention to the media has heard the alarming reports about student debt. In the United States student loan debt is about $1.7 trillion which exceeds the total credit card balance. Scary numbers. You would expect the question, “How much should I borrow for college?” to be the question that all students and their families are asking. But I don’t’ think that’s actually the case. Let me explain why.

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Should You Use an Athletic Recruiting Service?

Two vintage scales; one shows a clock on its tray, and the other displays stacked coins. Text at the bottom reads, "Should You Use an Athletic Recruiting Service?" This image prompts a thoughtful consideration of time and investment when deciding on an athletic recruiting service.

scales with time and money represent athletic recruiting serviceAs students and parents start to wade into the college athletic recruiting process, they’ll soon see all kinds of advertisements, websites, and offers from athletic recruiting services. All promise to help you with getting an athletic scholarship because, they’ll tell you, they have access to people and information that you don’t. And as the wading starts to feel like drowning as parents begin to realize how much college costs and how many colleges are actually out there, paying for a recruiting service doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.

Is it?

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