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Does Financial Aid Cover Campus Housing?
Question: I was wondering (and praying) if financial aid would cover campus housing. My mother and I have been unemployed for ov…
Paying for College
College Cost Cutting
Tuition, room, and board costs are just the beginning of paying for college. Those "incidentals" (if you can consider a $300 text…
Applying to College
Don't Let College Move-In Day Bug You
Ah, my memories of moving our kids into their dorms on their first freshman day at college. I think the one thing that I remember…
Applying to College
What's the Poop on College Dorm Bathrooms?
Question: How bad is sharing bathrooms in the dorms?
For starters, it depends on whom you're sharing with .. Neatnik Nellie or Slo…
Applying to College
Help for apprehensive boarding-school freshman?
Question: What words of advice do you offer to parents of a very apprehensive 9th grader who is going away to boarding school for…
Applying to College
Effects of Crowed Dorm Room on Freshmen?
Question: Have there been any studies conducted that suggest the optimal living situation for freshman students (single, double, …
Applying to College
Help .... My "Non-Smoking" Roommate is a Smoker
Question: On my roommate-matching questionnaire, I wrote down that I do not smoke and expect to live with another non-smoker. I f…
Applying to College
Changing Penn State Campus Choice Post-Admission
Question: My son was accepted at Penn State Berks. (This was his second choice; his first was University Park.) Unfortunately, t…
Applying to College
Must Honors Student Live in Honors Housing?
Question: I was recently admitted to the University of Connecticut for next fall, and I was pretty surprised to find out that I w…
Applying to College
How Are Roommates Selected?
Question: After you apply to college and have been accepted, how can you arrange who will become your roommate?
Colleges have dif…