by paulculp | Aug 31, 2018 | Money, Paying for College, Scholarships, Uncategorized
(Photo by Juan Ramos) By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP We keep saying it: Applying for college and obtaining financial aid has become an increasingly complex task. While the advent of the Common Application and the convenience of the internet have produced...
by paulculp | Aug 30, 2018 | Paying for College, Scholarships
(Photo by University of Louisville Army ROTC) By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP You owe it to yourself, if you haven’t already had the experience, to see the 1955 play and 1958 movie No Time for Sergeants, which launched Andy Griffith to stardom on the screen....
by paulculp | Jun 8, 2018 | Money, Paying for College, Scholarships
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP Imagine a writing assignment that ultimately is all about you even if you’re writing about someone else. You need to be sure you neither boast about your triumphs nor dwell on your misdeeds, that you reveal yourself without...
by paulculp | Jun 7, 2018 | Money, Paying for College
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP Unless you’ve been living as a hermit in Tibet (Welcome home!) you’ve heard all about the increasing difficulty of paying for college. If you’re a parent or student, you’ve probably heard about it with fear and trembling....
by paulculp | May 30, 2018 | Paying for College, Scholarships
December 4, 2017 By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP With less than a year having elapsed since a new administration took office in Washington, it remains impossible to say with precision what difference the changing of the guard will mean for higher education....
by paulculp | May 29, 2018 | Paying for College, Scholarships
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP The cost of attending college has infamously escalated to a level that can appear overwhelming to many, perhaps most, families of college-bound high school students, but the bad news doesn’t end there. Along with expense comes...