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The rankings are out!

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New College Rankings Are Out: NPR Ed Rates The Rankings! Prestige? Perks? Value for money? The question of how to rate a college is far from straightforward. Here's our annual guide to making sense of all those guides.

Financial Aid 101:
Earlier FAFSA Provides More Time To Line Up Tuition

Financial Aid 101: Earlier FAFSA Provides More Time To Line Up Tuition This year, high school students will find out how much money they'll get from colleges well in advance. That's because FAFSA applications can be submitted as early as October.

The Pell Grant Maximum has been announced:
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/about/announcements/pell-2016-17

Unconventional, yet interesting:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/06/29/whats-wrong-with-going-to-a-community-college-how-two-year-colleges-can-be-better-than-four-year-universities/?tid=sm_fb

What’s wrong with going to a community college? How two-year colleges can be better than... The United States is largely segregated along education lines. Those who went to college usually know mostly other people who went to college, so they tend to think their experience is universal. Yet only three in ten Americans age 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree. Too often and for too many Am…

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How speaking multiple languages benefits the brain - Mia Nacamulli It’s obvious that knowing more than one language can make certain things easier — like traveling or watching movies without subtitles. But are there other advantages to having a bilingual (or multilingual) brain? Mia Nacamulli details the three types of bilingual brains and shows how knowing more th…

Go old school! Taking notes with pen and paper increases comprehension.
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Check it out! These studies found large benefits for marginal students who enroll in 4 yr colleges.
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Have questions about which financial aid package is the best? Contact us to get help from one of our advisors!

CTC's advisors can help you make an educated decision when choosing schools so you don't end up in this situation.
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Five things people will be talking about today...
Top US colleges, FAFSA, Financial Aid, Acceptance, oh and St. Patty's Day!

The results are in…
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International students-check this out if you are looking to apply to US schools.
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