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When it comes to writing an essay, I don’t think there’s any student who actually truly enjoys the process of writing it but many prospective college students and entrance organizers have found that a remarkable essay can be the key to being accepted.

What you need to keep in mind is that the best essay in the world won’t get a prospective student accepted into a college if they’re not qualified. However, if a prospective student is a qualified applicant, a really good essay can help them stand out from the crowd of other prospective students all vying for a seat in the same popular college or course.

This article will help you understand how you can craft an essay that may be able to help set you apart from everyone else. … continue reading ->

By the time you finish your college experience, you can be burdened with a huge debt, equivalent to most entry level houses and because of this, you might not be able to purchase a house. Some people are still paying back their loans ten or more years after their graduation. Thankfully, this will all be changing, as a new student loan program will make for better student loan repayments.

Starting on July 1st, the Income-Based Repayment program will allow federal student loan holders, those with loans under the Direct Loan or Federal Family Education Loan programs, to request the government limit the repayments on their loans to fifteen percent of their income. The payment terms are set based on income and family size. This could be a huge reduction for many the feel bogged down by payments, and it could also mean an end to lifetime repayment as loans are wiped clean after twenty-five years, or ten years for those working in the public or non-profit sector.

To many, this might only give breathing room when it comes to thinking about College financial matters, but for others, this will hopefully mean that they can live their lives, rather than spending a decade working only to repay their education and putting everything else on hold.

Check out our College Finance section for more details.

A fairly large percentage of people that apply for College will end up on a waiting list. There are just far too many students and not enough spots in the popular degree choices, but you do have some options when you get the notice that you are on a waiting list. It is not the end of the road, and you shouldn’t just sit around and wait to hear if you’ve been given a spot or not. … continue reading ->

Over the last year on College Crunch, we’ve worked hard to come up with some lists to help you narrow down your college choices. We’ve continued to be inundated with more requests, as well as asking us how they can find the rankings we’ve already completed, so I wanted to take this time to run down all of our top college lists. … continue reading ->

Suffice it to say that with today’s busy lifestyles, it is often difficult to imagine one obtaining their college degree, particularly for those who have children. Disabled students can also find it difficult, depending on the degree of their disability.

In a study done by the National Center for Education Statistics back in 2001, thirty-six percent of higher education institutions reported that their main goal of offering distance education or online degree programs was to ensure that students have complete access to obtain their degrees on a variety of levels. Sixty-seven percent of those colleges and universities studied also reported that offering students reduced time constraints for taking courses in order to increase student enrollment was the most important goal of their online course degree programs. … continue reading ->