The official e-newsletter of The Equestrian College Advisor.

From the blog:

Everyone’s heard the cliche “It’s never what you know but who you know” a million times or more. It’s cliche because it’s true, so please don’t discount it, readers. But when I speak with high school and college students these days, there’s another element of success I find myself bringing up more and more because I’ve seen it come into play with increasing frequency in recent years.

I call it the like-ability factor. Read More

Want to raise successful daughters?

Science says the best way is to nag the heck out of them.

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No. Really!

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I over-horsed my child.Don't be stupid like me.

Of course, your odds are high of winning a scholarship at most private colleges. The typical private school awards scholarships to 88% of freshmen. But be wary: Some of those are low-quality schools that use partial scholarships to lure students. And research has found nearly 40% of students are so dazzled by a prestigious-sounding scholarship that they’ll choose it even when they get in to higher-quality schools that are likely to be less costly over the long term — because of speedier graduation rates, for instance, or ultimate earning power.So MONEY Magazine scoured the data to find 91 colleges that award every freshman a scholarship and meet at least basic standards of quality — a good graduation rate, and financial stability. (See the full list.)

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