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April is an eventful, perhaps emotional month. Besides being the time when many are finishing up their taxes, it also marks the end of waiting for news of college admissions

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College applications and financial aid forms are submitted, acceptance letters are arriving, and now your high school senior sighs relief — maybe too much relief. Every year, many second-semester seniors

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Some families have plans for college visits during the upcoming Spring Break, but If your family doesn’t have that on the agenda and you have a high school student, or

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With college costs rising every year and competition for scholarship money increasing, it would be a relief to look into a crystal ball and see your student’s college future. That

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With the costs of college rising every year and the competition for scholarship monies increasing, it would be a relief to look into a crystal ball and see your student’s