Taming The High Cost of College
Late Stage College Planning
Students interested in attending law school should start preparing and learning about the process as early as possible, even before they apply to an undergraduate college. In my podcast interview with Sydney Montgomery, a leading consultant and expert on law school admissions and legal careers, we talked about what students should know and what they should do to prepare and apply for law school and maximize their chances of success. Listen Now…
Loan repayment assistance programs (LRAPs) are now offered at some colleges and graduate schools, and if your student is covered, these programs will cover 100% of their student and parent loan payments if their post-graduation income is unusually low. Learn more about these programs and how they work in my interview with Peter Samuelson, President of Ardeo Education Solutions, a public benefit company that partners with higher education institutions to provide LRAPs. Listen Now…
To help ensure that your student gets into the right college and gets on the right path to graduating debt-free, you need to take the right first step. And you may need to encourage your student to pursue passion projects and community service to help them discover the right career path and the best version of themselves. Learn more in my podcast interview with Shellee Howard, founder and CEO of College Ready. Listen Now…
Can you really graduate from college debt-free? Are scholarships even possible for students who don’t have a high GPA or aren’t a star athlete? In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Denise Thomas, the Debt-Free College Coach, to talk about how virtually any student can graduate debt-free, earn scholarships, and make college affordable by learning her great tips and insights for students and their parents. Listen Now…
Join Brad and his guest, Brian South, an author and educational coach, as they talk about Demystifying College Admission and what Brian has learned from his years of mentoring and advising college-bound students, including how to encourage students to make good decisions on college and their future, how to help students in special circumstances, and to prepare for a rapidly changing future. Listen Now…
The real cost of college is almost never the price you see on school websites. To know what college will really cost your family, you need to find out the net price of schools based on your income and after all grants and scholarships are subtracted from the price. In this episode, we talk about how net price is calculated and how to find out what the average family in your income bracket has really paid at individual colleges in all 50 U.S. states. Find Out More…
