Consultant Insights

A First-Year’s Guide to Navigating Financial Aid

By: Sharon Hasan, FAS Senior Consultant As students begin or settle into the exhilarating First Year Experience, they will find themselves inundated with an array of topics and tips – hacks and tricks that promise to shape their academic paths. From shopping for essentials to mastering the art of building community, each piece of advice […]

A Focus on Language: Increasing Student Success through Readability

By: Alex Skarr, Senior Associate Consultant, FAS Summertime in financial aid is the critical point when offices are reaching out to students with instructions on how they can complete their financial aid process with the school. Whether it involves completing the FAFSA, undergoing entrance counseling, or submitting verification documents, the clarity of communication from aid […]

Oh no, not I, I will Survive.

By: Sharon Hassan, FAS Consultant Recently a friend treated me to see Diana Ross in concert. It was a much-needed outing. One of many songs she sang was the 1978 Gloria Gaynor hit, ‘I Will Survive’. One may ask how does this relate to financial aid? Where am I going with this? So glad you […]

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