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How to Plan for College Funding
The average American today is saving less money as people face cuts and unemployment. Parents of college age students are faced with the challenge of financing a college education, when savings are down. The average college will cost $20,000 a year, and that’s a public college figure. The following can help get you [...]
You Have Been Accepted…..Psych!!!
In case you weren’t already stressed out by waiting for college acceptance letters - what about the rejection letters? Students who applied to UC San Diego - and were rejected - accidentally got mailed subsequent acceptance letters in a clerical error.
The admissions office of the University of California at San Diego accidentally e-mailed acceptance letters [...]
Waitlisted? Don’t worry.
There is so much excitement involved in getting that college acceptance letter in the mail? It’s always disappointing when you don’t get in, but what if you get waitlisted? What then? This prospect is very nerve racking because you are in a kind of purgatory where you just have to wait.
The prospect of waiting even [...]
Cal State Campuses Turn Away Qualified Students
Colleges state wide are having to reject qualified students who have applied for the fall semester. Some who aren’t rejected are wait listed. Almost half of California State University’s 23 campuses will have to turn away students who meet admissions criteria due to the states budget crisis.
The Legislature’s most recent budget deal cuts about $680 [...]
Editor: Melissa Steele is a freelance writer and focuses her research on funding for higher education. She is a graduate of UNLV and endeavors to keep her readers up to date with the most relevant education information.