The Power of Demonstrated Interest: 10 Ways To Show College Admissions You Want In
Navigating College Admissions: The Strategic Power of Demonstrated Interest As parents, we embark on the college admissions journey filled with a mix of excitement and trepidation. […]
Keep Your Sanity While Planning For College – Our Top 5 Tips for Success
This one’s for all you parents out there starting the college planning and application process with your high schoolers. Don’t you just love how colleges want […]
Understanding Financial Aid Award Letters And How To Compare Them
College admissions can start to roll in in the month of December every year and with them come the varied and sometimes cryptic award letters. Hosts […]
How Home Equity Affects The CSS Profile
The CSS Profile and the FAFSA have very different requirements and how they calculate your Expected Family Contribution. But when looking at the CSS profile vs […]
CAP Report Card – Merit Scholarship Transparency Rankings
The Importance of Transparency College Aid Pro’s (CAP) Mission is to End the Student Debt Crisis by empowering families to shop smarter for college. This is […]
College Applications and Financial Aid for Transgender Students
A Transgender Student’s Guide to Shopping, Applying And Paying For College While more and more students are identifying as a gender other than that which they […]
Net Price Calculators: Part of the Problem, Not the Solution
Our core belief at CAP is that students and families can make smart, fiscally sound college selection decisions if they are appropriately educated and armed with […]
7 New FAFSA Changes You Need To Know
The Federal Student Aid office recently announced FAFSA changes that will go into effect for the 2023-2024 school year. Other news and media outlets, such as […]
Filling Out the CSS Profile Dos, Don’ts, and Updates
The 2024-2025 CSS Profile is available now. Before you dive headfirst into filling out this beast, let’s break it down with some basic information and […]
CAP Data Update! Admissions, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
“Have you started looking at colleges yet?” I remember asking my daughter this question 3 years ago when she was a junior in high school. She […]