by Micheal E. McKinnon, M.Ed., CCPS; College Planners of America, Ltd | Apr 5, 2024 | FAFSA
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. The problems affecting the current admissions cycle...
by Micheal E. McKinnon, M.Ed., CCPS; College Planners of America, Ltd | Mar 26, 2024 | Colleges
The annual ranking of Best Colleges published by U.S. New & World Report (U.S. News) receives plenty of press coverage when it’s released in September. Perhaps as a result, the U.S. News rankings are relied upon by many students and parents in their search for the...
by Micheal E. McKinnon, M.Ed., CCPS; College Planners of America, Ltd | Mar 12, 2024 | Loan Forgiveness
Since 2021, the Biden administration has forgiven $138 billion in student loans for 3.9 million borrowers. The Administration announced on February 21 that another category of borrowers would have their loans forgiven by the end of the month. This $1.2 billion tranche...
by Micheal E. McKinnon, M.Ed., CCPS; College Planners of America, Ltd | Mar 5, 2024 | SAT/ACT
Colleges never favored using standardized test scores as the primary criterion in admissions. They did considered them useful as the only means of comparing applicants on an apples-to-apples basis. In the early aughts, however, a movement emerged to make test scores...
by Micheal E. McKinnon, M.Ed., CCPS; College Planners of America, Ltd | Feb 26, 2024 | Colleges
The traditional image of college education features students in a classroom with a professor lecturing them. But lately, more and more students are opting to take college classes online rather than in classrooms. Students engage with their coursework, classmates, and...
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