Music helps us get through, identify, and celebrate significant moments in our lives.  I realized when watching the music video to Sonic Youth’s Drunken Butterfly…

I’m going to keep it short and sweet: Here’s what international students need to know about financial aid at American colleges! 1. Understand that there is…

Financial aid season is upon us, propsies! If you haven’t started preparing and applying for aid already, what are you waiting for? The Prospect has…

My brother had so much of his college tuition paid for by scholarships (he had almost a full ride) that our family had no problems…

George Washington University has recently received a lot of flack regarding its misrepresentation of its financial aid policy as “need-blind” when in reality, the institution…

After jumping through all of the correct hoops to get into the college of your dreams, securing a hefty financial aid package, and schmoozing your…

All colleges are different, but here’s one thing that all college students can agree on: freshman orientation passes by in a hellish, frenzied blur that…

At my California high school, if you go to talk to any of the counselors about college options, they will all say the same thing:…

Just to be clear, I’m not a HEOP student (or, as they’re affectionately called, a HEOP-per.) What’s so amazing to me about HEOP is that…

Congratulations on your acceptance to Your Childhood Dream University! After a detailed analysis of your financial situation, we have come to the decision to award…

Right about this time last year, I had 39 colleges on my list. Crazy, right?  I was super pumped! I had amazing supplements in mind…

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single high school senior in possession of a good FAFSA account must be in want of a…