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Ask the Expert: Insuring Your College Investment with John Fees
My College Corner talks with John Fees, Co-Founder and CEO of GradGuard. We love talking to innovators who are finding new and inventive ways to help families save, plan, and pay for college. And GradGuard has a really cool, interesting twist to bring innovation to protect students from the risks of college life.
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Ask the College Savings Expert: Joanne Dashiell
My College Corner welcomed Joanne Dashiell, the CMO of CollegeWell, the Private College 529 Prepaid College Savings Program. Prepaid tuition programs offer college savers an opportunity to beat inflation by locking in the cost of college at today’s price for future attendance. Joanne does a fantastic job of outlining the challenges and benefits of these programs, including…
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Protect Your College Savings from Inflation with a 529 Prepaid Plan
Saving a Dollar Today is Better than Borrowing One Tomorrow®. But, HOW should you save? Over 17 million families have saved more than $500 billion in 529 saving plans and another $26 billion in prepaid 529 plans. Unlike the better-known savings plans, prepaid tuition plans allow families to lock in current tuition rates for future…
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MCC on the 2024 Conference Circuit: Last Stop
Last fall, My College Corner had the opportunity to attend three conferences focused on saving and paying for college. The final stop was Paul Curley’s ISS Market Intelligence 529 Conference, which annually brings together a Who’s Who of industry thought leaders. We thought it appropriate to ring in the first weeks of the second quarter…
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Toys are Great but Holiday Gifting for College Endures
During the holiday gift-giving season, supplementing the toy-to-be-tossed away or outgrown with a gift to grow a college fund can bring joy years from now.
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MCC on the Conference Circuit: Thought Leaders at the Treasurer’s Conference
Stop 2 on the circuit took me to Chicago for the Treasurer’s Conference where I found leaders laser-focused on the future, broadening opportunities, and digging into the details to achieve some lofty goals.
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MCC on the Conference Circuit: Insights into Saving and Paying for College
This fall, My College Corner had the opportunity to attend three conferences focused on saving and paying for college. In the coming weeks, we will offer a transcript and video from each conference.
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The ACT vs. SAT: Picking the Right One to Take
During COVID, several high-profile schools jumped on the “Test Optional” bandwagon. With COVID normalized and the SAT revamped, that trend is now over. However, this doesn’t mean that Test Optional will disappear either. Approximately 2,000 colleges remain Test Optional and another 85 do not require any admissions exam whatsoever (“Test Blind”), according to Fair Test…
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Ask the College Essay Expert: Ben Yeager
John Hupalo, host of MyCollegeCorner’s podcast, recently sat down with Ben Yeager, College Consultant with Dunbar Educational Consultants, for a closer look at the sometimes prickly, always frustrating student experience of writing the best, most representative college admission essays.