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The College Admissions Edge — 219 episodes
The Truth About AI + Your Kid's College Essay
How to Get More Money From Any College in 2026 (Real Examples)
The "Safe" College Major That Just Collapsed
The $30,000 College Planning Mistake Nobody Warns You About
This FAFSA Lie Cost a Family $13,000 — Are You Next?
The Hidden Connection Between March Madness and Financial Aid
Discover Your Financial Aid Pot O' Gold
Didn’t Get Into Your ED School? Here’s What to Do
5 College Planning Tips Parents Wish They Knew Earlier
5 Secrets Colleges Won’t Tell You About Early Decision
Top 5 College Planning Mistakes to Avoid in 2025
The Untold Truth About Breaking Early Decision
The Common App Essay Trick Most Students Miss
Why Your College List Needs A Reality Check
Does Your College List Suck? Fix It Before It’s Too Late
What You’re Not Told About Elite College Admissions
The College Advice Your Guidance Office Won’t Give
College Admissions After DEI: What Changes Now?
Behind the Scenes: Ivy League Financial Aid Mistake
What Students Get Wrong About College Admissions
Think You Don’t Qualify For College Help? Listen to this!
New Law Could Cost You Thousands In College Aid
ACT Score Jump: 17 to 31 — Real Tutoring Case Study
3 College Essay Mistakes That Could Cost You Admission
Can You Lie on Your College Application in 2025?
New Law Could Destroy Student Loans: What Families Must Know Now
Essay Mistakes That Kill Applications | How to Stand Out in 2025
The Grinch Who Saved Her College Dreams (With Hard Truths)
FAFSA Changes 2025: Student Loan Limits & Financial Aid Cuts Explained
Financial Aid Myths for High-Income Families (Debunked!)
College Admissions Secrets: What Officers Really Look For in 2025
Major Changes to Federal Financial Aid: What Families Need to Know
Double Deposits in College Admissions: Smart Strategy or Huge Mistake
How You Can Get Off College Waitlists in 2025
Why They Got Into The Ivy League — And You Didn’t
Is Trump Ending the Department Of Education?
2025 Financial Aid at Risk? DOE Cuts Explained
FAFSA & Student Loans at RISK? The TRUTH About Education Job Cuts
3 College Planning Mistakes That Could Cost You Everything
ALL Students MUST know the TRUTH about the Diversity Essay
Parents, STOP Making These Costly College List Mistakes
The Big Grovel: How to Appeal for More Financial Aid & Get the Best Offer
AP or Honors? The Key to Boosting Your Teen’s Elite and Ivy League College Chances
College Advisor vs NYC Counselor: Early Decision Truth Revealed!
The Truth About the New ACT
Navigating Financial Aid If You’ve Been Affected by the LA Wildfires
College Applicant Goes 10-for-10
Erasing $270K in Parent Loans: Proven Loan Forgiveness Strategies
Admissions Exposed: The Scandal Rocking Georgetown and the Ivy League
What to do if you’re deferred
Master Application Deadlines: Proven Tips to Stay Organized
Andy’s Proven Formula for Acing College Interviews
Is Applying Early REALLY the Key to Getting Accepted?
Do Letters of Recommendation Matter?
How to prepare for the SAT and ACT: best study methods for high scores
What are the best strategies for researching and selecting colleges?
Does applying early decision hurt your financial aid?
How can students stand out in their personal statement?
How early should students start preparing for college applications?
How important are standardized test scores compared to GPA?
What extracurricular activities have the biggest impact on college admissions?
What are some common mistakes students make on college applications?
What are the key factors colleges look for in applicants?
Top 10 College Essay Mistakes
Bombshell Changes to the ACT
A Few Financial Aid and Essay Faux Pas
Deep Thoughts Re: Summer Applications and Essays
How to Ruin a Financial Aid Appeal
College Essay Mistakes, Magical Thinking
More FAFSA Glitches, Child Behavior We'd Like to Change
The Death of Test-Optional?
Harvard: Safety School?
New: Financial Aid "Secrets" for Families Who Think They Can't Qualify
How to Beat the Leprechauns in the Financial Aid Office
Live Workshop at the Manhasset (NY) Library
Can My Kid Get Into Harvard?
Post Mortem: The First Digital SAT
Student Loan Relief Case Study -- Too Good to be True?
The Truth About Merit Scholarships
How to Write a Good College Essay
The Mom Who Ripped Me
Can My Accountant Help Me With Financial Aid?
Bombshell Mistake Made By Parents
Test Optional Announcement, FAFSA Delays - The Week That Was
The Little Lie About Financial Aid
College Predictions 2024
The FAFSApocalypse
What To Do If Deferred
Secret Payment Relief for Student Loans
50+ financial aid questions...answered!
Being "Less Asian" and Other Things I Said Publicly
The Big Lie About Early Decision
College Admissions and Financial Aid for Class of 2024, 2025 and Younger Families
EXPOSED - The Inconvenient Truth About the New Financial Aid Rules Changes
The Truth about Scholarships
Writing an “original” college essay
The Southern Phenomenon
Late Stage College Planning for Class of 2024 Families
The New Rules of College Admissions and Financial Aid
Decision Day
Should You Submit Your SAT or ACT scores
How to Negotiate Financial Aid
What's a Good SAT Score?
Extracurricular Activities That Suck
The New Rules of Financial Aid
The Inconvenient Truth About Honor Societies
How Many Kids Lie on their College Application?
What High School Classes Look Good for College Admissions?
How to Appeal or Negotiate Financial Aid
What to do if you're Deferred from your DREAM SCHOOL?
College Financial Federal Student Aid FAQ Live Session (2022)
Child Savings Account Penalized on FAFSA?
The Inconvenient, Surprising Truth About the 529
What to Do When the Financial Aid Office Gets it WRONG!
How to Pay For College: FAFSA, CSS Profile
Don’t Let Colleges Rob You Blind! Financial Aid Tips
College Admissions Results
Here’s What You Should Be Doing In October
The Inconvenient Truth About Scholarships
10 College Admissions and Financial Aid Results Mistakes to Avoid (2022)
The "Secret" Deadline for FAFSA and CSS Profile (2022)
3 Deadly Federal Student Aid Mistakes To Avoid (2022)
FAFSA Application NEWS - What You MUST Know!
The TRUTH About the Student Loan Forgiveness Proposal (2022)
What happens when you can't qualify for student loans or parent loans?
College admissions and financial aid trends and predictions
Here’s what you should be doing now!
RIP Safety Schools?
When a College Advisor visits her own kid in college
Admissions Results
Andy’s Sweet 16 Predictions (by financial aid)
SAT changes, upcoming ACT and new “cram” courses
College Board changes, Student Loan interest suspension, more
Don’t Let Colleges Rob You Blind
When the financial aid office gets it WRONG
The NEW SAT Changes and What They Mean For You
What happens if you don’t get into your “top choice”
Eavesdrop on Advice to Clients
Financial Aid FAQ: Live and unscripted, (9/30/21)
SAT vs ACT: Which Test is Best?
SAT vs ACT Live Q&A
How to Bust College Essay Writers Block
How to Write a Gripping College Essay Even if You Haven’t Experienced Severe Trauma
On Teacher Recommendations
How to Avoid College Admissions Armageddon – May 2021
Lacrosse Recruiting in the Age of Coronavirus
How to MOTIVATE your Teen
The College Scandal and John Tesh
College “Burning” Questions
SAT and ACT “Open Mic”
How to Get Financial Aid and Merit Scholarships in Today's Turbulent Times
What to do if you’re Verified
FAFSA Changes!
Pencils Down! SAT Changes
Making Sense of 2020's Early Decision/Early Action Results
College Planning Edge - Missing the “Secret” Big Picture
College Planning Edge - How to deal with "missing" financial aid info
College Planning Edge - Post Mortem!
College Talk Tuesday – Should You Apply for Financial Aid?
College Talk Tuesday: Financial aid mistakes and new admissions info
College Talk Tuesday: New York State’s Excelsior and TAP programs
Financial Aid, Essays and Applications
NCAA Sports Update
College Coffee and Corona Virus Talk - The 529 Mistake
College Coffee and Covid Talk – Latest SAT and ACT changes, more
College Coffee and Covid Talk – The Fix For The Online Learning Mess
FAQ Us Friday #3
FAQ Us Friday #2: What do you write in an appeal letter?
FAQ Us Friday #7: The Grandparent 529
FAQ Us Friday #4: What the H-LL Is Going On
FAQ Us Friday #5: What to do about the SAT and ACT
FAQ Us Friday #6: The New Coronavirus Essay Prompt
FAQ Us Friday #1
College Coffee and Coronavirus Talk
Special Corona-cast edition
The College Ostrich
Madam Pearl and Soothsayin' Andy Lockwood's College Predictions 2020
Negotiate Financial Aid & Merit Aid Offers
Character - The New SAT?
The College Scandal: Hot Pockets & Parenting
College Horror Stories
Should You Delete All Social Media Before Applying to College?
Sneaky deadlines you can’t afford to miss
When MUST You File Your Financial Aid Applications?
5 Things Parents and Kids Get Wrong About the SAT and ACT
Hidden Supplemental Essays on the Common Application
Andy Lockwood Interviews Steve Schwartz
What does it mean when a college offers a “Priority Application“?
How to Defeat College Essay Anxiety, Writer’s Block and More
Can You Qualify for Financial Aid If You Own A Home?
College Appeals & Negotiations Case Studies
Ironic New College Admissions Scandal
“War Stories” with NYC-based College Advisor Abby Siegel
Interview with former Princeton Admissions Committee Member, College Board Trustee on The Recent College Admissions Scandal
My Personal College Admissions Scam Confession
How to Negotiate Your Financial Aid & Scholarships Award
4th Annual College Predictions
The Self Sabotage Episode
Finally, Your College Questions, Answered!
How to Beat Test Anxiety
College Planning For Business Owners
How to Avoid a College Student “Boomerang Disaster”
Financial Aid Applications – The Scoop on FAFSA & the CSS Profile
Early Action, Early Decision and Other Ways to Apply to College
“Secrets” of Paying Wholesale Prices for College…No Matter What You Earn
“Secrets” of Paying Wholesale Prices for College…No Matter What You Earn
Parent Self-Sabotages Financial Aid Award
Weird Technique to Bust College Essay Writer’s Block
The College Gold Rush
Why Colleges Don’t Tell You Exactly How to Qualify for Merit Scholarships
What Happens If You Get “Dinged” From An Ivy League College
Impromptu College Planning “Secrets”
The Talk
College Planning Q&A “Open Mic Night”
Real World Financial Education For High School & College Students
The Mental Side Of Test Prep
How To Negotiate With Colleges After They “Lowball” You
How To Avoid Going To College And Learning Nothing
What Happens If You Don’t Get Into Your Dream School?