Creating College Lists – Page 5 – Do It Yourself College Rankings

How to Find Full Ride Scholarships

01/02/202303/19/2016 by Michelle Kretzschmar

ShareTweetFlipEmailPin379379 Shares See the Full Ride Scholarships spreadsheet created by Wendy Nelson of MyKidsCollegeChoice.com. Wendy has been working on this spreadsheet for years. It lists all US colleges that offer full-ride or full-tuition merit based scholarships. It contains 606 colleges in 49 states with over 1,200 scholarships. If you’re looking for full ride scholarships, this … Read more

11 Colleges Frugal with Financial Aid

02/28/202102/09/2016 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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picture of locked money representing expensive colleges Sometime ago, I listed 15 schools to avoid if you’re making a list of affordable colleges. After all, just as there are colleges that are known for their generosity, there are expensive colleges that you should avoid if you’re looking for significant help in cutting the cost of college. Since I’ve just recently updated the DIY College Rankings Spreadsheet, I’ve decided to revisit the list and see if the composition has changed much. And yes, there have been some changes.

How to Pay Less for College: Geography Matters

07/26/201611/03/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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As someone who recently bought a house in an economically booming market, I can tell you the same house costs a lot more near the city center than out in the suburbs. My husband and I looked at the trade-offs in terms of travel time and cost and for us, the suburbs made sense. We don’t live in Austin, we are actually in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city of Hutto. And despite the Hippo fetish, we’re good with that.

How does this have anything to do with how to pay less for college? Because how much you pay for college can depend on location.

How to Pay Less for College: The Value of Rankings

02/28/202110/27/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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In my last post, I talked about how even colleges are subjected to the laws of supply and demand. The more students want to attend a college, the more the college can charge. If you want to pay less for college, you need to consider colleges with higher acceptance rates. Now I want to look at why so many students are interested in the same college. What makes 50 or fewer colleges so much more attractive than the remaining 1,500? Can you say “college rankings?”

5 Most Popular Free Downloads to Help You Find a College

07/26/201610/22/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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I know that not everyone is able to keep up with all of the information I post to the website. For the past six months or so I’ve been creating PDFs for some of the posts, usually those with lists of colleges but not always. In case you’ve missed them, I’m listing the five most popular posts based on their PDF downloads. And no, there isn’t any fee for downloading.

What the College Rankings Miss

07/26/201605/31/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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Did you know that UT Dallas offers a Green Fellowship that allows students to pursue research projects at the UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas?

Did you know that the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures Composites Center hires undergraduate research assistants who have opportunities to become full research partners including being named authors on journal articles, named inventors on patents, and attending national and international conferences and meetings?

What to Consider When Creating College Lists: January Terms

07/26/201605/19/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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As I started looking for colleges for my son, I stumbled across something I hadn’t heard of before, “January Term.” The January term is the “1” in the “4-1-4” calendar. And the opportunities offered by January terms means that you should pay attention to a college’s calendar.

What You Need to Know About College Websites

07/26/201605/18/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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My husband tells this story of rounding with his pharmacy students in the hospital.

In one patient’s room, he asks the students how the patient is doing.

They respond with various lab test results, what drugs have been started or stopped, and a summary of the physician notes.

Creating College Lists 101: Introduction to Printing in Excel

05/03/202212/18/2014 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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Despite our best attempts to avoid printing information that we can access from our computers or smart devices, there’s going to be a time when you’ll need, or more likely someone else needs, to print out data from your Excel spreadsheet. Therefore, in this lesson I’ll cover the basics of what you need to know to start printing in Excel.