The College Planning Edge

By Pearl and Andy Lockwood

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College planning tips , strategies and various & sundry, not necessarily politically-correct thoughts on the whole college application and scholarships kit and kaboodle. Brought to you by Pearl and Andy Lockwood, best-selling authors, financial aid and admissions consultants based in Long Island New York, a/k/a one of the spazziest places on earth for college stress, weird ultra-competitive behavior by parents and teens! For more info, visit www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com

Episode Date
The Death of Test-Optional?
Apr 23, 2024
Harvard: Safety School?
Apr 03, 2024
New: Financial Aid "Secrets" for Families Who Think They Can't Qualify
Mar 24, 2024
How to Beat the Leprechauns in the Financial Aid Office
Mar 21, 2024
Live Workshop at the Manhasset (NY) Library
Mar 16, 2024
Can My Kid Get Into Harvard?
Mar 15, 2024
Post Mortem: The First Digital SAT
Mar 12, 2024
Student Loan Relief Case Study -- Too Good to be True?
Mar 07, 2024
The Truth About Merit Scholarships
Mar 03, 2024
How to Write a Good College Essay
Feb 29, 2024
The Mom Who Ripped Me
Feb 28, 2024
Can My Accountant Help Me With Financial Aid?
Feb 23, 2024
Bombshell Mistake Made By Parents
Feb 19, 2024
Test Optional Announcement, FAFSA Delays - The Week That Was
Feb 07, 2024
The Little Lie About Financial Aid
Feb 01, 2024
College Predictions 2024
Jan 25, 2024
The FAFSApocalypse
Jan 04, 2024
What To Do If Deferred
Dec 15, 2023
Secret Payment Relief for Student Loans
Dec 05, 2023
50+ financial aid questions...answered!
Nov 01, 2023
Being "Less Asian" and Other Things I Said Publicly
Oct 24, 2023
The Big Lie About Early Decision
Oct 17, 2023
College Admissions and Financial Aid for Class of 2024, 2025 and Younger Families
Oct 07, 2023
EXPOSED - The Inconvenient Truth About the New Financial Aid Rules Changes
Sep 14, 2023
The Truth about Scholarships
Aug 14, 2023
Writing an “original” college essay
Jul 25, 2023
The Southern Phenomenon
Jun 18, 2023
Late Stage College Planning for Class of 2024 Families
May 26, 2023
The New Rules of College Admissions and Financial Aid
May 12, 2023
Decision Day
May 05, 2023
Should You Submit Your SAT or ACT scores
Apr 28, 2023
How to Negotiate Financial Aid
Apr 21, 2023
What's a Good SAT Score?
Apr 07, 2023
Extracurricular Activities That Suck
Mar 31, 2023
The New Rules of Financial Aid
Mar 24, 2023
The Inconvenient Truth About Honor Societies
Mar 17, 2023
How Many Kids Lie on their College Application?
Mar 10, 2023
What High School Classes Look Good for College Admissions?
Feb 24, 2023
How to Appeal or Negotiate Financial Aid
Feb 17, 2023
What to do if you're Deferred from your DREAM SCHOOL?
Feb 03, 2023
College Financial Federal Student Aid FAQ Live Session (2022)
Dec 26, 2022
Child Savings Account Penalized on FAFSA?
Dec 19, 2022
The Inconvenient, Surprising Truth About the 529
Nov 28, 2022
What to Do When the Financial Aid Office Gets it WRONG!
Nov 21, 2022
How to Pay For College: FAFSA, CSS Profile
Nov 16, 2022
Don’t Let Colleges Rob You Blind! Financial Aid Tips
Nov 07, 2022
College Admissions Results
Oct 31, 2022
Here’s What You Should Be Doing In October
Oct 24, 2022
The Inconvenient Truth About Scholarships
Oct 17, 2022
10 College Admissions and Financial Aid Results Mistakes to Avoid (2022)
Oct 10, 2022
The "Secret" Deadline for FAFSA and CSS Profile (2022)
Oct 03, 2022
3 Deadly Federal Student Aid Mistakes To Avoid (2022)
Sep 26, 2022
FAFSA Application NEWS - What You MUST Know!
Sep 19, 2022
The TRUTH About the Student Loan Forgiveness Proposal (2022)
Sep 13, 2022
What happens when you can't qualify for student loans or parent loans?
Jun 14, 2022
College admissions and financial aid trends and predictions
May 29, 2022
Here’s what you should be doing now!
May 10, 2022
RIP Safety Schools?
Apr 13, 2022
When a College Advisor visits her own kid in college
Apr 11, 2022
Admissions Results
Apr 07, 2022
Andy’s Sweet 16 Predictions (by financial aid)
Mar 25, 2022
SAT changes, upcoming ACT and new “cram” courses
Mar 17, 2022
College Board changes, Student Loan interest suspension, more
Mar 07, 2022
Don’t Let Colleges Rob You Blind
Mar 03, 2022
When the financial aid office gets it WRONG
Feb 24, 2022
The NEW SAT Changes and What They Mean For You
Feb 11, 2022
What happens if you don’t get into your “top choice”
Dec 03, 2021
Eavesdrop on Advice to Clients
Nov 08, 2021
Financial Aid FAQ: Live and unscripted, (9/30/21)
Oct 01, 2021
SAT vs ACT: Which Test is Best?
Sep 09, 2021
SAT vs ACT Live Q&A
Jul 29, 2021
How to Bust College Essay Writers Block
Jul 23, 2021
How to Write a Gripping College Essay Even if You Haven’t Experienced Severe Trauma
Jun 21, 2021
On Teacher Recommendations
Jun 18, 2021
How to Avoid College Admissions Armageddon – May 2021
May 22, 2021
Lacrosse Recruiting in the Age of Coronavirus
May 08, 2021
How to MOTIVATE your Teen
Apr 21, 2021
The College Scandal and John Tesh
Apr 16, 2021
College “Burning” Questions
Apr 10, 2021
SAT and ACT “Open Mic”
Mar 30, 2021
How to Get Financial Aid and Merit Scholarships in Today's Turbulent Times
Mar 22, 2021
What to do if you’re Verified
Feb 10, 2021
FAFSA Changes!
Feb 03, 2021
Pencils Down! SAT Changes
Jan 22, 2021
Making Sense of 2020's Early Decision/Early Action Results
Jan 11, 2021
College Planning Edge - Missing the “Secret” Big Picture
Dec 22, 2020
College Planning Edge - How to deal with "missing" financial aid info
Nov 28, 2020
College Planning Edge - Post Mortem!
Nov 18, 2020
College Talk Tuesday – Should You Apply for Financial Aid?
Oct 18, 2020
College Talk Tuesday: Financial aid mistakes and new admissions info
Sep 16, 2020
College Talk Tuesday: New York State’s Excelsior and TAP programs
Sep 03, 2020
Financial Aid, Essays and Applications
Aug 13, 2020
NCAA Sports Update
Jul 27, 2020
College Coffee and Corona Virus Talk - The 529 Mistake
Jul 09, 2020
College Coffee and Covid Talk – Latest SAT and ACT changes, more
Jun 26, 2020
College Coffee and Covid Talk – The Fix For The Online Learning Mess
Jun 26, 2020
FAQ Us Friday #3
Jun 05, 2020
FAQ Us Friday #4: What the H-LL Is Going On
Jun 05, 2020
FAQ Us Friday #6: The New Coronavirus Essay Prompt
Jun 05, 2020
FAQ Us Friday #5: What to do about the SAT and ACT
Jun 05, 2020
FAQ Us Friday #2: What do you write in an appeal letter?
Jun 05, 2020
FAQ Us Friday #7: The Grandparent 529
Jun 05, 2020
FAQ Us Friday #1
Jun 01, 2020
College Coffee and Coronavirus Talk
Mar 23, 2020
Special Corona-cast edition
Mar 17, 2020
The College Ostrich
Jan 27, 2020
Madam Pearl and Soothsayin' Andy Lockwood's College Predictions 2020
Jan 16, 2020
Negotiate Financial Aid & Merit Aid Offers
Jan 07, 2020
Character - The New SAT?
Nov 26, 2019
The College Scandal: Hot Pockets & Parenting
Oct 23, 2019
College Horror Stories
Oct 10, 2019
Should You Delete All Social Media Before Applying to College?
Sep 30, 2019
Sneaky deadlines you can’t afford to miss
Sep 30, 2019
When MUST You File Your Financial Aid Applications?
Sep 20, 2019
5 Things Parents and Kids Get Wrong About the SAT and ACT
Sep 10, 2019
Hidden Supplemental Essays on the Common Application
Sep 06, 2019
Andy Lockwood Interviews Steve Schwartz
Sep 04, 2019
What does it mean when a college offers a “Priority Application“?
Aug 29, 2019
How to Defeat College Essay Anxiety, Writer’s Block and More
Jul 26, 2019
Can You Qualify for Financial Aid If You Own A Home?
Jul 22, 2019
College Appeals & Negotiations Case Studies
May 23, 2019
Ironic New College Admissions Scandal
Apr 22, 2019
“War Stories” with NYC-based College Advisor Abby Siegel
Mar 28, 2019
Interview with former Princeton Admissions Committee Member, College Board Trustee on The Recent College Admissions Scandal
Mar 21, 2019
My Personal College Admissions Scam Confession
Mar 15, 2019
How to Negotiate Your Financial Aid & Scholarships Award
Feb 28, 2019
4th Annual College Predictions
Feb 14, 2019
The Self Sabotage Episode
Feb 08, 2019
Finally, Your College Questions, Answered!
Nov 22, 2018
How to Beat Test Anxiety
Nov 15, 2018
College Planning For Business Owners
Nov 10, 2018
How to Avoid a College Student “Boomerang Disaster”
Nov 01, 2018
Financial Aid Applications – The Scoop on FAFSA & the CSS Profile
Oct 24, 2018
Early Action, Early Decision and Other Ways to Apply to College
Oct 16, 2018
“Secrets” of Paying Wholesale Prices for College…No Matter What You Earn
Sep 20, 2018
“Secrets” of Paying Wholesale Prices for College…No Matter What You Earn
Sep 20, 2018
Parent Self-Sabotages Financial Aid Award
Aug 08, 2018
Weird Technique to Bust College Essay Writer’s Block
Aug 06, 2018
The College Gold Rush
Jul 22, 2018
Why Colleges Don’t Tell You Exactly How to Qualify for Merit Scholarships
Jun 06, 2018
What Happens If You Get “Dinged” From An Ivy League College
May 16, 2018
Impromptu College Planning “Secrets”
Apr 19, 2018
The Talk
Apr 05, 2018
College Planning Q&A “Open Mic Night”
Mar 22, 2018
Real World Financial Education For High School & College Students
Feb 28, 2018
The Mental Side Of Test Prep
Feb 15, 2018
How To Negotiate With Colleges After They “Lowball” You
Dec 29, 2017
How To Avoid Going To College And Learning Nothing
Dec 29, 2017
What Happens If You Don’t Get Into Your Dream School?
Dec 27, 2017