Be wary of online scams!
As a prospective student searching for colleges there will be lots of people trying to get your attention. Be conscious of what you are signing up for, how legitimate a source it is, and what personal information you are sharing.
An article recently posted in the Chronicle discusses an online scam that promised to connect prospective students with admission counselors at public colleges-if they filled out an online form with their information. Unfortunately, the students were then contacted by individuals trying to sway them toward for-profit colleges.
Another place to be wary is when searching for, and applying to, scholarships. You should never have to pay to apply for a scholarship. Scholarships are free money and if you are on a site that is trying to get you to pay for one steer clear! For more information on how to avoid scholarship scams check out finaid.org .
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Mark Montgomery
Mark is the Founder and CEO of Great College Advice, a national college admissions consulting firm. As a career educator, he has served as a college administrator, professor of international relations at the University of Denver and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, program consultant at Yale and the University of Kansas, government instructor at Harvard and Tufts, high school teacher of French, and a Fulbright teacher of English in France. He has personally helped hundreds of students from around the world map their college journeys. Mark speaks on college preparation, selection, and admission to students and parents around the world, and his views have been published in major newspapers and journals.
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Mark is the Founder and CEO of Great College Advice, a national college admissions consulting firm. As a career educator, he has served as a college administrator, professor of international relations at the University of Denver and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, program consultant at Yale and the University of Kansas, government instructor at Harvard and Tufts, high school teacher of French, and a Fulbright teacher of English in France. He has personally helped hundreds of students from around the world map their college journeys. Mark speaks on college preparation, selection, and admission to students and parents around the world, and his views have been published in major newspapers and journals.