What is the difference between need-based financial aid and merit-based financial aid?

A lot of my friends have said that Washington University in St. Louis isn't as good as it's US News Ranking but it's gotten there because it just sends people lots of direct mail and tries to game the...

I don't really have any :(...am I not going to get into college?

Hello I would like to know if I have a shot of getting into UF (The University of Florida). I'm a Junior, in a Catholic High School with a 3.1 cummulative GPA. I'm very active in my school and communi...

There was a little meeting at my school about college, but they didnt explain too well what it is, so i'm confused.

I haven't really spent much time reading newspapers in high school and I probably won't subscribe to one but what is the best one to read online? I want to get smarter!!!!!

My son is applying for college, and we are in the difficult middle income category where we may be too "wealthy" to get financial aid. However, we can't afford to pay $50,000 for a private college. Wh...

This summer I plan to take a pre-college program involving science and engineering at a local university. i don't get any college credit for it, but its still a rigorous course, with much research an...

I read a lot about the strength of the CS department. Aside from CS, what are the next strongest programs at Stanford?

Is it a good idea to take the SAT multiple times? I already took it once, but I think I can get a better score... will universities care if I send in multiple SAT scores? Is a score improvement wort...