http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog Get the education you deserve at a price you can afford. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:31:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How about this for a change to that painful FAFSA application form? According to reports, Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan has indicated plans to add a new button to the online FAFSA application. That one single button would authorize the IRS to fill in all the FAFSA required financial data directly ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/07/01/obama-administration-revamps-the-fafsa/ On Wednesday, under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, the repayment of college loans will become a whole lot more manageable for lower income wage earners. New Options The new Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Law is set to help student repayment in two significant ways: • Lowering the monthly student ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/29/income-based-repayment-ibr-and-the-federal-student-forgiveness-law/ It has been interesting to watch the Obama administration attempt to tackle the notion of healthcare. Whereas both the exorbitant costs and the poor standard of care flew under the radar for years, both elements seem to be getting greater and greater scrutiny these days. At the same time there has ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/25/medical-treatment-in-america-expensive-and-substandard/ A long time ago we set up a Twitter account that we forgot about. Recently I asked the site admin about integrating our new blog posts into Twitter and he found a way to do it. If you are on Twitter please follow us! :) http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/24/follow-us-on-twitter/ When the time comes to purchase a car, the old folks recommend that you give the tires a good kick and that you take a peek under the hood. It is an expression that reminds us to look beyond the shadow and the glitz to what really matters. In the ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/22/when-selecting-a-college-check-those-graduation-rates/ Our hat goes off to Sam Lee, a graduate student, and to Inside Higher Ed, for shedding some more light on the shaky college rankings game. Lee had noticed that the University of Southern California ranked lower than seventh on all of the graduate level engineering category subfields yet somehow ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/18/college-rankings-be-suspicious-very-suspicious/ Many times, when students begin researching scholarship opportunities, they are extremely disappointed to learn that many require an essay. If you happened to be one of those students for whom writing just a letter is an enormously challenging prospect, this essay requirement is a non-starter. In other words, instead of ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/15/pursue-that-scholarship-even-if-you-have-to-write-an-essay/ There is little doubt that test preparation can affect your SAT exam scores. Students seeking admission to the most selective universities have been known to pay significant sums of money for personal tutorials to ensure they are well-prepared for these all-important tests. While it is clear that preparation does matter, those ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/10/prepping-for-the-sat-some-cost-effective-methods/ It was a practice that I made great use of over the years, especially the latter years of high school and college. To determine if I truly knew my material, I would close my book and put away my notes. I would find a quiet place and begin imaging in ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/06/08/in-the-digital-age-some-tried-and-true-study-practices-still-shine/ Last week we featured the impact of the credit card legislation recently enacted by Congress, particularly the impact that legislation would have on college students. Many have noted that for students, the changes represent a “throw the baby out with the bath water” approach. Certainly, college students and credit cards ... http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2009/05/31/a-credit-card-designed-with-the-college-student-in-mind/