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Posted on May 16, 2013 - 06:00 AM
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| Comments (0) On-demand college prep works the same way as on-demand television. It’s available when you want, at your fingertips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s a new concept in college prep that gives you advantages the old model of Saturday afternoon sessions and inconvenient hours can’t. It’s also a great way to prepare for the coming future of higher education – online, at home, when you’re available to review the materials. Advantages of On-DemandCollege Prep Learn at a time you learn best. Everyone has a specific learning ... More
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Posted on May 14, 2013 - 06:00 AM | College Prep | Comments (0) Quick – ask a parent to pick their favorite child. It’s not easy. They’ll say that’s impossible, when the truth is, they usually have a favorite, for whatever reason. The same is true – in a much less dramatic fashion – of college prep. It may not be easy to pick a favorite tool that advances your goal of a higher education, but you will likely have one. Choosing Among College Prep Tools SAT or ACT prep. This is often the thing students think of first when they think college prep. RSC’s tools include practice q... More
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Posted on May 11, 2013 - 06:00 AM | College Prep | Comments (0) Ask your parents how old they were when they started thinking about college. Chances are they’ll say junior year because that’s the way it used to be. It’s old thinking that doesn’t work in the modern world. So when is the best time to start? Ideally 8th grade. For some people, it’s hard to imagine starting so early. In this day and age of instant everything, including instant fame, instant millions and instant information, it’s easy to ask, “Who has a long-range plan?” The answer? Successful people. They just happen to fi... More
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Posted on Aug 23, 2012 - 06:00 AM | College Prep | Comments (0) College prep can be affordable. It can even bring down the cost of college. Why does college prep have to be so expensive? The answer is, it doesn’t, and yet just a few weeks at some college prep companies can cost you as much as an entire semester at a community college. Why is that? There’s no easy answer, but there are two leading possibilities · College prep follows the college model – the more a college costs, the more prestigious it appears. Many of the best-known names in college prep ... More
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Posted on Aug 13, 2012 - 06:00 AM | College Prep | Comments (0) This is the fourth in a series of articles examining the impact the high cost of college and the student loan crisis are having on families. RSC Your College Prep Expert is dedicated to making college affordable to all families. See how we do it here. Matt was a student with big ambitions. When he joined the RSC program as a freshman in high school, he was asked, “What do you want to do for a living?” and he immediately said, “Build a rocket and fly it to the moon!” He was then asked, “What do you want to do more: fly it or build it?&rdqu... More
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Posted on Aug 09, 2012 - 06:00 AM | College Prep | Comments (0) What is the purpose of college prep? Is it to get students: Ready for college? Ready for a career? Great financial aid? In a word, “Yes.” Good college prep should do all those things. Unfortunately, those purposes are generally segmented. Most companies don’t provide the whole package – and buying each service separately can cost hundreds, and more likely, thousands of dollars. Complete College Prep A good college prep service combined all the above goals into one program. Ideally. This way, each aspect of college prep relies upon and benefits the other. ... More
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