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Know the Top Ten Secrets From Inside Your College Financial Aid Office

Walk into a financial aid office at the beginning of a new term, and you'll most likely find some students angry or frustrated. Why? Because somewhere along the financial aid path, they missed a beat.

Financial aid and support counselors at Simpson University in Redding, California shared their inside views of the common pitfalls students face.  If you keep their top 10 secrets in mind, you should be able to start school with minimum hassle and hardly any huffs and puffs.

Writing the Admissions Essay

Graduating from college takes years of hard work, determination, and study, but one of the hardest things about college may be writing the essay that gets you there! Admission essays have to tell the college why you want to attend, but more, they have to let the school know why they should choose you over another student, so you have to play up your strengths, and make them really WANT you as a student!