merit aid
College Tax Breaks and Tips for Filing
It’s December! As you round up your end-of-year to-dos, we want to share with you a few college related tips to consider while planning your 2018 tax filing. Be sure to check with your tax professional to confirm whether any of these tips apply to your tax situation. College Tax Breaks Are you making the…
Merit Aid: What You Need to Know
November is here! While you’re getting prepped for Turkey Day, it’s prime time for college application season, and merit aid is one of the best ways to get free funding for college. Merit Aid 101 What is merit aid? If you want to get the most out of merit scholarships, what do colleges look for?…
What is Merit Aid and How Do I Get Some?
You may have heard of merit aid, that it helps pay for college, or maybe you know it as merit scholarships. This is what you need to know about merit aid as you prep for college applications. Colleges grant merit aid scholarships to students based on their academic or other achievements. It could be an impressive GPA,…
Financial Aid Awards: Can You Spot the Differences?
Seniors: Your applications are complete. Admission and financial aid offers are starting to come in. It can be confusing to decipher exactly what portion of the awards are free and which come with a cost. On average private colleges discount 46% of college tuition for first-year applicants. Wow, it sounds like a decent chunk of…
Jump the Scholarship Hurdle with Automatic Merit Aid
Gasping for air as you reach for perfect scholarships? Sounds dramatic, but the hunt for scholarships leads to an overdose of information and resources. As students sift through the thousands of offered by various companies, organizations, and private donors, they may very well feel akin to a drowning victim. While it’s necessary to wade through…
Private Colleges Call for More Need-Based Aid, Less On Merit Aid
In a statement released to the media in early January, a group of private college leaders called on other schools to renew their commitment to need-based financial aid. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the document calls for doing away with the use of the phrase “merit aid” completely, saying that need-based aid will…