What Is College Counseling? What It Covers, What It Costs, And When To Start
College counseling covers the college list, financial fit, testing, essays, and applications. Here’s what counselors do, what they charge, and when to start.

SAVE borrowers who miss the 90-day deadline get a final 30-day notice before servicers move them to the Standard or Tiered Standard plan.

College counseling covers the college list, financial fit, testing, essays, and applications. Here’s what counselors do, what they charge, and when to start.

The OCC fined Bank of America $750 million for anti-money laundering failures, its largest penalty ever, as part of a $1.2 billion Treasury penalty action.

Estimate your PSLF Buyback lump sum with our calculator. See how IBR and PAYE set the price, the 12-month rule, and when buying back months is worth it.

Penn State recommends closing 47 of its 403 degree programs, affecting 784 students. See which majors and campuses are on the list and what happens next.

Unemployment benefits count as income on the FAFSA. Here’s how they affect your SAI and Pell Grant, and how to ask for more aid after a job loss.

Here is the for-profit college student loan forgiveness list that qualify due to being closed or having lawsuits due to fraud.

We ran the real numbers on buying vs. renting the same house at a 7.40% mortgage rate. Renting won by $78,000. Run your own numbers in our calculator.

Top colleges are requiring SAT and ACT scores again for 2027. See which schools changed their policies and what students should do now.

The University of Arizona plans to freeze tuition, fees, housing and meal plans for 2027-28. See the proposed rates for resident and nonresident students.

Brookings finds most of 871 free tuition colleges relabel aid students already got, with real savings limited to families just below income cutoffs.

UC’s Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan covers $15,588 in tuition and fees for California families earning under $100,000. Here’s who qualifies.
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