If you missed our special webinar on The Six Steps to Understanding International Student Loans, don’t worry – you can now view it free, on-demand! International students face a special set of challenges when it comes to financing business school abroad. To help you through this process, we partnered with our friends at Prodigy Finance…
Financial Aid
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What are Interest Rates and APR? (And Why are They Important?)
Let’s face it: education is expensive. And that’s before adding in an international component. Few students can afford the cost of attendance with the money that’s sitting in their bank accounts – their bank, their parent’s bank, and the accounts of half a dozen close friends and family members. The chances are good that you’ll…
Saving Money on Your Student Loan Debt: The CommonBond Story [Episode 142]
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Today’s show: a conversation for anyone with student loans. We’re talking with CommonBond’s Phil DeGisi about options to save money by refinance outstanding student loans and financing your education, as well as CommonBond’s MBA Accelerator and Social Impact Award and his own MBA experience. Meet Phil DeGisi [1:40] Undergrad at Vassar, Tuck MBA. After earning…
Tips for Planning Your MBA Budget
Getting into business school is hard; paying for it should not be. There are many things to consider when planning your journey to business school. Whether you plan to use savings, scholarship or a loan to afford school, understanding your budget for the upcoming year(s) is crucial to an education free of financial pain. What…
Quick FAFSA Facts
It’s January. The holidays are over, people are working on (or already breaking) their new year’s resolutions… and it’s time to file the FAFSA. Here are a few must-know facts and tips: • The FAFSA is the first step towards qualifying for federal and state financial aid (grants, student loans, work study, etc). Many universities…
New Federal Financial Aid Regulations Promote Transparency
Changes to FAFSA policies, thanks to executive action by the Obama administration aimed at streamlining the financial aid application process, will allow students and families to learn both their aid eligibility and the true cost of college much earlier in the process. A column in The Chronicle of Higher Education applauds the changes as “a…
Facing The Student Loan Crisis
According to a new study, “A Crisis in Student Loans? How Changes in the Characteristics of Borrowers and the Institutions they Attend Contributed to Rising Loan Defaults,” student loan delinquency is on the rise, largely driven by a high rate of default among borrowers who attend for-profit institutions. The study, by Adam Looney of the…
3 Long Term Tips For Financing Your MBA Abroad
When I turned 15, I went on a school exchange programme. After having experienced a new culture, spoken a different language, tasted other flavours and, most of all, met such diverse friends, I realized a whole new world was opening its doors and I wanted to fully explore it. I am pretty sure I did…
How To Pay For Medical School
Paying for medical school is easy right? Wrong. Paying for medical school has become increasingly challenging for students and families. Higher education is expensive, and is getting more expensive each year. Keeping up with the rising cost of tuition, living expenses, books, and supplies is difficult for every student. If you are an incoming medical…
Financing Your INSEAD MBA
I was lucky enough to get accepted to study at INSEAD 10 years ago. But before the great news I had spent at least 18 months preparing: from doing the GMAT, writing essays, deciding which school to go to, and determining how to finance this unique and life changing experience. I probably spent the least…
Applying For Your MBA Through The Consortium: Best Deal In Town
Our consultants receive a lot of questions from clients about applying to MBA programs through The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. I’ve heard myths flying around that applying to one (or more) of the 18 Consortium schools through The Consortium’s application is disadvantageous. But as the former director at two Consortium schools, I can…
Webinar Available For On-Demand Viewing: How To Fund Your MBA
Missed last week’s webinar, How to Pay for Your MBA? Still worried those b-school price tags will get the best of you? No problem. Get the facts you need to finance your business degree when you view How to Pay for Your MBA online now. The webinar, which was presented by guest Julianna Young from…
How Do I Choose The Right MBA Student Loan?
Student loans are an essential part of many students’ b-school financing strategies, but they’re rarely user-friendly. You’ll face a multitude of options, and it’s up to you to decide the right loans for your situation. We’ll help you determine the right amount of student loans for your situation in our upcoming webinar, but for now,…
Apply Now for International ISB Scholarships for Non-Indians
The Indian School of Business, one of the top-ranked international one-year business programs in the world, is giving away scholarships worth $400,000 for non-Indians. The deadline for scholarship applications is Tuesday, January 15, 2013. For more details email intladmission@isb.edu or call +9140 23187484. For more information on ISB, please see Accepted’s Indian School of Business…
UCLA Receives $100 Million Donation for Medical Scholarship Fund
UCLA announced this week that David Geffen, who already donated $200 million to the university’s medical school in 2002, has made a $100 million donation to establish the David Geffen Medical Scholarship Fund. The money will fund full scholarships for up to 30 medical students (covering the full cost of tuition and fees, plus room…
Election Day Thoughts – Public Service and Fellowships
I’ll admit that no matter how cynical I’m feeling about our political process by the time Election Day rolls around (so many negative ads!), I always get a buzz when I actually go to the polls and vote. There’s something about this moment of actual, physical engagement with our democracy—it excited me when I was…
MIT Offers Students $20,000 to Defer
According to a Wall Street Journal article, too many students enrolled in MIT Sloan this year, forcing the Sloan admissions committee to ask for volunteers to postpone their studies for a year. What went wrong? How did the school get the numbers wrong? The article goes on to explain the concept of “summer melt,” a…
Student Loans: A Market that “Needed Disruption”
According to a Poets & Quants article, “Disrupting The MBA Loan Market,” Mike Cagney, Sloan Fellow at Stanford GSB, saw some major problems with the current student loan system and decided to do something about it. With school loan default rates as high as 18% (as is the case for the U. of Phoenix), Cagney…
Upcoming Forté Forum Events + FREE Smarties Books!
Eminent women business leaders and admission officers from top MBA programs will be available for mingling, networking, and advising on MBA admissions, financial aid, and careers for women during the upcoming Forté Forum events. Additionally, four lucky participants will win free copies of Linda Abraham’s and Judy Gruen’s book, MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense…
Three More Days to Save 20% on Financing Your Future Ebook!
Time is running out for you to save 20% on July’s featured ebook, Financing Your Future: Winning Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards for Grad School. This ebook contains critical information on: Different types of scholarships How to create the best scholarship application The best time to apply for financial aid …and more! The sale ends in…
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