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The 50 Worst Colleges In America Ranked For 2024
Colleges are ranked based on their graduation rate, quality of education, the school’s reputation, cost, and the percentage of graduates who find jobs. It is important to research and know which educational institutions will meet your expectations and give you the best chance to succeed. There are many colleges that make the ‘worst colleges in […] More
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The Best Public High School in Every State
Finding the best public high school in every state is a matter of statistics. Graduation rates do matter, after all. Alabama-Mountain Brook High School For such a small school, with just over one thousand students, it’s not tough to think that the 13 to 1 student/teacher ratio is small. But the AGR, the average graduation […] More
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The 50 Worst Colleges In America Ranked
Colleges are ranked based on their graduation rate, quality of education, the school’s reputation, cost, and the percentage of graduates who find jobs. It is important to research and know which educational institutions will meet your expectations and give you the best chance to succeed. There are many colleges that make the ‘worst colleges in […] More
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10 Reasons an Ivy League School is Not Worth Your Time
Yale, Princeton, Harvard; they’re all Ivy League schools. They’re some of the top schools in the nation – in the world, really. They’re the schools that produce the most millionaires and billionaires. They’re the institutions of higher learning in which old-money families expect their children will graduate with honors. They’re the first step to real-world […] More
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10 Reasons I’m Not Sending My Kids to College
College is, and always will be, a good idea for most people. But let me start out by saying that college is not for everyone. There are plenty of people who will not attend college and will become very successful in their lives. There are plenty of people who will attend college and drop out […] More
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10 Colleges With the Best Value for 2017
There are more colleges operating today than can be easily catalogued, and each one of them has its own perks. However, the very real issue of how much college can cost and what kind of debt it can bring is often paired up with the quality of the education received. People understandably want to get […] More
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Want to Go to College for Free? These Options Might Help Make that Happen
Just when you begin to think that the post-graduation trip your son or daughter wants to take when high school is over is expensive, you realize what the first semester of college looks like. College: Making that week in Cancun look downright affordable in comparison. College, my friends, is not an inexpensive place to go. […] More
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How to Handle Back-to-School When Your Kids Attend A New School
We’re coming up on a big week in our house. It’s back-to-school week, and we could not be more excited! Our oldest daughter is going into the third grade and our sweet second born is going into kindergarten. She will be going to ‘real’ school for the first time, and she’s actually excited. As if […] More
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Important Tips for College Students Applying for Scholarships
Summer is quickly winding down (thank goodness says this slightly almost crazed mother of four) and back-to-school is right around the corner. That means it’s time for parents to take their kids shopping for the items they need to go back, but it means some parents are looking to pack up their kids and drop […] More
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Why We Already Discuss the Cost of College With Our Four Small Kids
If there is one thing I worry most about as a parent aside from the safety of my kids, it’s college. I remember the cost of attending university myself, and it’s been well over a decade since I began my college career. It was expensive when my husband and I were paying for our own […] More
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5 Colleges That Will Pay Your Tuition For You
At this point, we all know that the cost of college tuition is a bit more than just a little excessive. We’re talking tens of thousands of dollars per semester, and even community colleges are more expensive than they were in the past. The cost of attending school has increased more than you even want […] More
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The Types of Parents that Teachers Secretly Hate
Your child’s teacher probably hates you. Okay, that was kind of rude. She doesn’t ‘probably’ hate you, she definitely hates you if you are the kind of parent listed here. To be upfront and honest, no; I am not a teacher. I love my kids, but I love not being surrounded by 20 kids all […] More