The Insider: College Admissions Advice from the Experts

College Coach recently sat down with Megan Stubbendeck, Global Elite Instructor at Revolution Prep, to get her take on the news shared in the Washington Post article, College Board to make changes to SAT. In part one of our interview, we discussed what this news means for students planning to take the SAT in the next few years and what might have prompted these changes in the first place.

“Average” college students in search of scholarship dollars received a bit of good news last week when the website, College Humor, announced the start of their $5,000 “Average Student Scholarship Contest.”  While humorous in nature, the scholarship is, indeed, real — no laughing matter for students in search of ways to finance a college education.  But the scholarship is only one of many geared towards students who might not necessarily find themselves at the top of their class.  Here to weigh in on other sources of aid for the “average” student are a few of our college finance experts:

College Coach Expert, Elizabeth Heaton, answers the question “Can a Disciplinary Infraction Keep You From Getting Into Your College of Choice?”  If you have a school “record” you’re considering disclosing on your college application, read her article from yesterday’s Huffington Post.

College Coach Expert, Elizabeth Heaton, gives students concrete steps they can take in her article  “You were deferred – now what?”  To find out how you might navigate an early application deferral, read her blog posted yesterday by USA Today.

College Coach Expert, Cynde Quinn, explores the “7 steps for scholarship success.” To find out how you can start earning money for college, read her blog post in today’s USA Today.

How much college debt is too much college debt?  The New York Times recently reported that the average loan indebtedness for the class of 2011 increased 5 percent to $26,500 — the previous year’s figure was $25,350.  We asked our College Coach finance experts to weigh in.  Here’s what a few of them had to say…

College Coach Expert, Elizabeth Heaton, explores “4 ways to guarantee you won't be accepted.”  To find out how you can avoid some of these application mistakes, read her blog post in today’s USA Today.