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3 Ways High School Students Can Graduate with College Credit
March 8, 2017 | BS/MD Admissions Consulting
3 Ways High School Students Can Graduate with College Credit

Many high school students are graduating with college credit. This not only allows the student to graduate college early, but also helps to save a great deal of money on tuition. In Georgia, three options are offered to ambitious students…

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Kristen Moon discusses tuition insurance at Newsday.com
March 4, 2017 | Scholarships and Financial Aid
Kristen Moon discusses tuition insurance at Newsday.com

Tuition insurance can cover costs, but not if Junior flunks out. Tuition InsuranceTuition Insurance It’s tough enough to pay your child’s college tuition bill. Worse still, if he or she doesn’t finish the semester. Given the amount of money involved,…

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Top 5 questions to ask before taking on student loan debt
March 2, 2017 | Scholarships and Financial Aid
Top 5 questions to ask before taking on student loan debt

Many high school seniors will soon be deciding where to go to college and making difficult choices about whether to take on student debt to attend a particular school. Below we have answered the top 5 questions you need to…

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Kristen Moon gives the scoop on dual enrollment on Straighterline.com
February 28, 2017 | BS/MD Admissions Consulting
Kristen Moon gives the scoop on dual enrollment on Straighterline.com

What is dual enrollment, and is it something aspiring college students should do? If you are a high school student who wants to get some or all of your college core courses completed by the time you graduate high school,…

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Kristen Moon gives the scoop on a new college financing option at Newsday.com
February 26, 2017 | Paying for College Press
Kristen Moon gives the scoop on a new college financing option at Newsday.com

How to pay for college is the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question. Recently, there’s talk about a new option called income-share agreements. They are similar to the government’s income-based loan repayment plans. Students promise to pay a fixed percentage of their future income…

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10 Universities Offering FREE Online College Courses
February 24, 2017 | BS/MD Admissions Consulting
10 Universities Offering FREE Online College Courses

College admissions counselors look at more than the GPA of applicants. There would be several applicants with perfect 4.0 GPAs, and admissions officers only know too well how many students take easy courses to inflate their GPAs. This is why…

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Kristen Moon talks with U.S. News: Should students attend medical school in Europe?
February 22, 2017 | Medical School Admissions Consulting
Kristen Moon talks with U.S. News: Should students attend medical school in Europe?

There are pluses and minuses to consider. Matching with a U.S. based residency is a major consideration. "In the medical field, students who attend school abroad have a stigma associated with them: 'They were not good enough to get into…

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February 17, 2017 | BS/MD Admissions Consulting International Baccalaureate
What You Need to Know Before Pursuing an IB Diploma

IB: the background story Before you find out about the criteria for an IB diploma, you should know a little about how the International Baccalaureate (IB) was formed. IB was formed by a group of international educators with an aim…

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44 Colleges You Probably Never Heard of, But Should!
February 10, 2017 | BS/MD Admissions Consulting
44 Colleges You Probably Never Heard of, But Should!

Most people can name 20-30 colleges off the top of their head. There are over 4,000 universities worldwide. I want to introduce you to 44 universities you might not have heard of. If you are looking for great liberal arts…

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International Students – What You Need to Know Before Applying to a U.S. University
February 3, 2017 | BS/MD Admissions Consulting
International Students - What You Need to Know Before Applying to a U.S. University

The United States of America has the largest number of international students enrolled in its universities (more than 800,000). Almost 4% of the students studying in the U.S. receiving higher-level education are foreign students. Universities report that the number of…

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