This article discusses the stress of sending your first child to college. The story focuses on a mother who is preparing to send twins to college. A brief summary is listed below and also a link to the full story.
By JASA SANTOS
Star-Tribune staff writer
Friday, December 28, 2007 2:05 AM MST
Sending one child to college for the first time can be stressful enough, but parent Deb Slensker has double duty this year. Slensker’s twins are headed to college, and she’s been just as nervous as her children over financial aid and test scores.
“We’re just trying to figure out where the money is coming from,” said Slensker, a guidance counselor at Kelly Walsh High School.. “The ACT is high stakes now, it’s connected to the Hathaway (scholarship).”…Read Full Article
This article was originally published on 8/17/2007, but is worth reading before you complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, AKA – FAFSA.
Of course, you should buy Christmas presents in July, when they’re on sale. And, yes, you should have started raising money for college years ago. But if you’ve waited until the student is well into high school, don’t panic. Even at that late date, students can improve chances of earning an affordable degree if they flout a little conventional wisdom and some government instructions. (Don’t worry; it’s legal.)…Read Full Article
New websites paint a portrait of college and university life, providing one-stop shopping for prospective students.
For those parents and students whose New Year’s resolution is to start the search for the right college, some new – and free – tools are coming online to make that task a little bit easier.
The websites – College Portrait (www.voluntarysys tem.org) and U-CAN (www.ucan-network.org) – offer essential information to make it easy to compare participating schools. Interested in the professor-student ratio? The racial breakdown on campus? A detailed picture of costs and financial aid? Here’s where you can get a glimpse or follow the links to dig deeper…Read The Full Article
