When you receive your financial aid award from the college or colleges you want to attend, you may want to send in your enrollment deposit right away. However, do you have the answers to all of your financial questions? Probably not. While some colleges do an amazing job of including answers to most frequently asked [...]

When colleges accept students the good news is often accompanied by a caveat. Welcome to our freshman class, we can’t wait to see you on campus, but don’t forget that we expect the rest of your senior year to show the same high level of work and admirable behavior that you displayed on your application. [...]

You may be reading about record application totals, but they are largely going to the institutions that already have plenty. Other colleges are not doing well. Common App data point to declines from low-income students. Many colleges outside the top ones -- public and private alike -- are not having a good year in admissions. [...]