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Need-Based Scholarships and Financial Aid Explained

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Yesterday I posted a video explaining merit-based aid.  But a large portion of financial aid is awarded to students who need help in paying for a college education.  In explaining how need-based aid is awarded, it’s helpful to provide concrete examples.  This short video explains how need-based is awarded at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Mark Montgomery
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Mark Montgomery

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 Montgomery

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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