John is a sophomore English and History double Major and Entrepreneurial Leadership minor in the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University. As a student at one of the most expensive colleges in the country, he understands the importance of being educated in regards to financial aid: he has, and continues to learn about the process firsthand. He spent way too much money on food, girls, etc. his freshman year, and is glad to work with SimpleTuition to educate those like him against the same mistakes, as well as on the paying-for-college process.
Living and eating at college obviously gets expensive, but as with all things, there are ways around the large sticker cost of your school's recommended meal plan or your housing choices.
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Assembling your academic resume is an important challenge to rise up to, as a good resume is crucial for a college application. Writing up your resume isn't as easy as you may think, however; a good resume is essentially a… More »
This is an important question. It seems pretty simple, but your answer is going to have a huge impact on four years of your life. When you're looking at colleges and beginning to put a list together, there are a… More »
The whole college admissions process is pretty confusing--I don't think anyone would disagree with that statement. Sometimes it's confusing as a result of having to juggle five, eight, ten, even fourteen applications at once; if you don't know what's going… More »
There are many costs of college apart from tuition, and the high cost of college textbooks is perhaps the most notorious. Just speak to a student or their parents around the beginning of a semester and you're bound to hear… More »
The multi-month break that is summer vacation is nothing short of perfect in the eyes of a student who's been plugging away for a full academic year, and lazing around for the entirety of your time off seems great. But… More »
What is the FAFSA?
The FAFSA. You might have seen that odd-looking, strange-sounding acronym before, somewhere during your planning-for-college process. Perhaps you heard your parents discussing it, and at the very mention of a form you shut your ears off.… More »
Early Decision can be a good method of applying to college, if you’ve got your heart set on one school and absolutely know you want to go there. The Early Decision application process entails applying to one school, and one… More »
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Federal loan information: All colleges participate in the Direct Lending program, which means a student enrolled at that school receives their federal student loans (including Stafford, PLUS and GradPLUS loans) directly from the school instead of from a lender.
