College Planning Strategies

College Readiness Quiz for Students

1. True or False? You should choose your schools based solely upon their tuition.

2. After you complete each college application and before you send it, what should you do?

3. True or False? Once you get to your senior year in high school, grades don't really count anymore.

4. Is it true that there are good scholarships and bad scholarships? If so, what makes one good and another bad?

5. What is more important to your family's financial bottom line: your student positioning or completing the financial aid forms correctly?

6. Which types of schools are most likely to be the best "educational bargain"?

7. Which will ultimately be more expensive: a state school or a private institution?

8. True or False? Most schools meet financial need by offering aid packages consisting of both self-help and gift aid.

9. Which applications get completed first, admissions or financial aid?

10. How many colleges should you apply to?

Answers to Student Quiz