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INTERESTING ARTICLES & LINKS

Colleges Begin to Welcome the Class of 2028
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/04/03/colleges-release-some-acceptance-rates-and-application

Free. 24/7 virtual mental health care services will be available to students
https://news.iu.edu/live/news/28125-free-247-virtual-mental-health-care-services-will

A FAFSA FIASCO
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/fafsa-college-financial-aid.html

Some College Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How did this happen?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/your-money/paying-for-college/100k-college-cost-vanderbilt.html

Acceptance Rates By The Ivies, Other Elite Colleges Stay At Historic Lows
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/04/01/acceptance-rates-by-the-ivies-other-elite-colleges-stay-at-historic-lows/

Cynical Reason College Admissions Are Surging:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/opinion/college-admissions-common-app.html

Defining Waitlist and Deferral
https://www.scoir.com/blog/deferred-waitlisted-defined-with-next-steps

Where you go is not who you’ll be, by Frank Bruni
https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-7e79dad0/list/2RF4XIDP3VU9V?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_aipsfinfluencer-7e79dad0_57RBPXDQXN2EXEDXE3T7

Colleges That Change Lives
https://ctcl.org/

What’s Really Wrong With College Rankings
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/what%E2%80%99s-really-wrong-college-rankings#

ACHA/NCHA Spring 2023 Reference Group Executive Summary
https://www.acha.org/NCHA/ACHA-NCHA_Data/Publications_and_Reports/NCHA/Data/Reports_ACHA-NCHAIII.aspx

Elite College Students Are Doing It to Themselves
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/yale-college-undergrad-clubs-competitive/675219/

FAFSA
https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

University of Illinois -FAFSA Simplification - Are You Ready?
https://osfa.illinois.edu/resources/fafsa-simplification-are-you-ready/

Seven Major FAFSA Changes: What Families Need to Know
https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/credit-debt/loans/student-loans/602186/fafsa-application-changes-are-coming

CSS Profile (College Board)
https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/

Confused By Your Financial Aid Letter? You’re Not Alone
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/10/642287824/confused-by-your-college-financial-aid-letter-you-re-not-alone

Financial Aid Appeal Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-HrdKNYItY&t

University of South Carolina
https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/financial_aid/scholarships/departmental_scholarships/index.php

NYU Subsidized versus Unsubsidized Loan
https://www.facebook.com/nyufinancialeducation/photos/a.1731123236985044/4376010295829645/?type=3

The Versatile Student Loan Calculator: Loan Simulator
https://studentaid.gov/articles/try-loan-simulator/

College Ave Student Loan Calculator
https://www.collegeave.com/calculators/student-loans/

Living Wage Calculator
https://livingwage.mit.edu/

Six Year Graduation Rates
https://nscresearchcenter.org/completing-college/

Harlan Cohen Podcast: Lisa Damour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--Pjp5HB5A