by foundationscc | Jun 27, 2025 | admission, balance, College planning, expertise, research
Not long ago, a prospective client I had had a few conversations with told me they were going to work with another consultant because they were charging less for comprehensive services that utilized AI to streamline the college research and comparison process. I...
by foundationscc | Jul 16, 2024 | admission, balance, College planning, expertise, financial aid, research
When “Jim” and “Pam” sent their first child to college, they were thrilled that their daughter was accepted to her first-choice school, their state’s flagship public university. That education came with a total cost of attendance around $27,000 per year. Their...
by foundationscc | Jun 30, 2024 | balance, College planning, expertise, financial aid, research
I met Mary in an American Lit class at Iowa State University when I was 23. We were the same age, both pursuing second degrees in education after obtaining first degrees from public universities. We became friends quickly and bonded over shared classes and a similar...
by foundationscc | Dec 2, 2023 | balance, College planning
The text came in at 9:42 p.m. “The world feels like it’s literally ending.” Normally I don’t respond to texts so late, but this was clearly a student in crisis, so I shot back a message: “What’s going on?” What followed was a wall of text highlighting weeks of anxiety...
by foundationscc | Oct 31, 2023 | admission, College planning, college visits, expertise, research
Around this time of year, we often begin seeing “feel-good” stories on the news in the U.S. about high school seniors who applied to and were accepted to dozens of colleges. The media will often add information about the collective scholarship awards the student was...
