http://www.collegefundingresource.com Legally sharing insider information with parents and students (TM) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-october-23-2009/ http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-october-23-2009/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:22:12 +0000 Felicia http://www.collegefundingresource.com/?p=1223 http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-october-23-2009/feed/ 1 http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-october-9-2009/ http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-october-9-2009/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:00:57 +0000 Felicia http://www.collegefundingresource.com/?p=1080
In this week's Pop corn Friday video, we have Douglas Christiansen, Vanderbilt's associate provost for enrollment and dean of admissions at Vanderbilt University explaining the financial aid process from a college's perspective.

It is giving you some of the factors to consider when applying for financial aid.
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Answer: SAT or ACT.

The scores students receive on each standardized test are supposed to be an indication of the student's ability to be successful in college.

With so much riding on three letters... [ Continue Reading ] ]]> http://www.collegefundingresource.com/the-most-important-3-letters-in-the-alphabet/feed/ 0 http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-september-25-2009/ http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-september-25-2009/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:16 +0000 Felicia http://www.collegefundingresource.com/?p=1030 The Write Stuff

It came in the mail sometime during the week.

A plain white envelope addressed to me c/o College Funding Resource. I looked at it and the return address stood out.

It was from a PRISON in Pennsylvania.

I frantically scanned my mind trying to figure out who in my past might have done something that would land them in prison but couldn’t think of anyone.

The name was unfamiliar, so curious, I opened the envelope.

What I saw was a well-written letter from someone who was getting out soon that was starting to plan for his future.
]]> http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-september-25-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-september-11-2009/ http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-september-11-2009/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:00:12 +0000 amartin http://www.collegefundingresource.com/?p=986 http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-september-11-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-sept-4/ http://www.collegefundingresource.com/pop-corn-friday-sept-4/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:30:37 +0000 Felicia http://www.collegefundingresource.com/?p=965 The College Planning Partnership

Students are returning to classes right now and over the next couple of weeks. Shortly after their return, college-bound high school seniors will soon be turning their time and attention to applying to colleges. With so much pressure to get into the “right” college, wouldn’t it be great to get the inside information from a college admission officer sharing what is important when you are applying to colleges?

This week’s college video of the week does exactly that.

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