http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog Get the education you deserve at a price you can afford. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:39:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When asked as to how you did last semester, nothing can top the sound of that simple four-word explanation: Made the Dean's List. It certainly has a positive connotation to it. It also carries a special sense of pride, whether you are talking to your parents, grandparents, or one of your former ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/11/18/six-steps-to-making-the-deans-list/ Once upon a time, the price of a year of schooling at elite private colleges matched the price of the average new car - not any more. The news from The Chronicle of Higher Education certainly was not positive for students and families. After surveying private schools as to the charges ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/11/10/the-high-cost-of-college-the-40k-club-gives-way-to-50k/ It likely goes without saying that the ongoing healthcare debate in Washington has become confusing to the extreme. Even the most educated of folks are struggling to sift through the rhetoric and blatant falsehoods in order to feel secure about discussing the details of the topic intelligently. Perhaps that complexity is ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/11/02/college-students-and-the-healthcare-debate-a-look-beyond-the-political-rhetoric/ You went off to college with great expectations yet now the excitement is definitely waning. Perhaps you were barely ten days into the school year when the pile of dirty clothes began resembling the dormitory equivalent of Mt. Olympus? Another ten days later, not only did you note an odor ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/10/19/seven-steps-to-surviving-a-lousy-roommate/ When we initially announced the Twitter Scholarship we announced a rather large prize and promoted it quite aggressively by... making a custom logo for it promoting it across hundreds of pages on our widely read site mentioning it on our blog pinging some of our contacts ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/10/17/an-update-on-the-twitter-scholarship/ I am proud to announce our latest scholarship: the 140 Scholarship, which offers students the opportunity to win over $14,000 in Awards by submitting their application via a Tweet. Full details are available on the official scholarship page. http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/10/14/announcing-the-twitter-scholarship/ The recent enactment of H.R.3221 The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 by Congress has many students wondering what impact the new changes will have on them and their student loans. According to the Seattle Times, "Congress' overhaul of the college student-loan system offers welcome relief to students at ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/09/30/student-loan-changes-just-what-exactly-is-congress-proposing/ A month to the day we recommended that the Class of 2010 begin examining all their future options, that next year's graduate should begin thinking about what they might do instead of simply entering the workforce. Our rationale was simple, the current unemployment rates and the impact of two poor ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/09/27/tough-news-for-those-graduating-in-2010-job-seekers-vastly-outnumber-available-jobs/ tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/09/24/student-loans-by-the-numbers/'; Embed This in Your Website Please help spread the word. You may embed the image in your blog or on other sites so long as you reference the original source. We are planning on creating a few more graphics as well. Any feedback on how this one could be ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/09/24/student-loans-by-the-numbers/ As borrowing rates soar and debt accumulation spirals upward, the national student loan default rate hits a nine year high. A recently released report from the U.S. Department of Education revealed yet another alarming trend regarding college graduates and student loans. According to the report, the 2007 national default rate hit ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/09/23/more-bad-news-on-student-loans/