In October, students across the country took the PSAT/NMSQT, and some are likely wondering what "NMSQT" stands for. The answer: National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Now that you know that, you're probably wondering what the National Merit Scholarship is and how you qualify for it. To enter the National Merit [...]
Discovery College Consulting’s 25 students in the Class of 2024 were admitted to 107 different colleges, which are pictured to the right (click the image to enlarge it). They will be attending the following schools: Chapman University Creighton University Drexel University Macalester College Montana State University New Jersey Institute of [...]
In 2016, when my first child started college, Harvey Mudd College in California was the most expensive college in the country, with a total cost of attendance of just over $70,000 per year. In 2020, when child number two started school, Columbia topped the list at $81,000. For the 2020-2021 [...]
Discovery College Consulting's 22 students in the Class of 2023 were admitted to 75 different colleges, which are pictured to the right (click the image to enlarge it). They will be attending the following schools: American University College of Charleston College of Wooster Colorado School of Mines Loyola University Chicago [...]
This is my third in a series of blog posts on the increasing cost of college in the United States. In the first post, I offered several reasons why college is so expensive. In the second, I explained that college may not actually be as costly as it seems, as [...]
When President Biden announced in August that he would forgive student loan debt for millions of borrowers, many critics argued that his plan did not address the larger problem of the rising cost of college. In response, I published a blog post entitled, "Why Is College So Expensive?" A couple weeks [...]
Discovery College Consulting's Class of 2022 applied to college during the most competitive application season in history. Despite this, all of our students received multiple acceptances. Our 20 students were admitted to 74 different colleges, which are pictured to the right (click the image to enlarge it). They will be [...]
Guest blog post by Jay Murray, Certified College Planning Specialist One of the most perplexing parts of the college planning process is price transparency. What will a college’s actual net price be after merit aid and financial aid awards? What will a family actually pay for a student to attend [...]
As students decide what colleges to apply to, they often wonder whether to apply anywhere Early Decision (ED). ED deadlines are typically in early November, and admissions decisions are usually released in mid- to late-December. Unlike Early Action, Early Decision involves a binding commitment, meaning that if a student is [...]
In a previous blog post, I explained that some colleges charge different amounts of tuition based on students' majors. But what if you could attend college without paying tuition at all? Large and small schools across the nation have a variety of programs (not loans) that allow students to do [...]
