College Bound Brief #77** Colleges live off of tuition and donations. The IRS’ current proposal to remove tax-exempt status from colleges would gravely hurt the latter bucket of money. In addition, removing tax-exempt status could affect colleges’ ability to issue tax exempt bonds causing …
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The Truth About “Easy” Scholarships
College Bound Brief #68** There’s no such thing as a free scholarship. It sounds silly, but as we all know from the original saying, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” if something seems too good to be true, it usually is. In the midst of the crazy college admissions process, students …
Can TikTok Actually Help Pay for College?
College Bound Brief #64** Maybe your child’s endless scrolling can actually lead to a payoff! TikTok has changed the way, the type, and the amount of information our children consume. So why wouldn’t it also change the way students learn about college and scholarships? High school students …
How Colleges Use Merit Aid to Fill Seats & Why That Can Help You
College Bound Brief #63** Similar to American Eagle discounting sweaters or Best Buy running a sale on big screen TVs to try and grow revenue, colleges employ these same tactics to help meet their budgets. Rather than, “Fire Sale - All Sweaters Must Go!” colleges offer, “Merit …