When a student is applying to college, the whole family can feel the stress. Students and their parents often find themselves dealing with doubts and a host of nagging questions: Am I making the right decision? How do you qualify for financial aid? Will the school I pick today be the right fit three years from now?

The My College Advisor blog can provide much needed support and guidance to families making these all-important decisions. The blog offers insights on selecting the right college, writing admissions essays, and preparing for interviews. There are also strategies for getting the most effective recommendations, taking the SAT or ACT tests, and applying for financial aid.

The blog is an offshoot of the cost-effective products MCA already offers to assist parents and students in selecting, applying to and paying for their best-fit schools.   After nine years of research, development and testing, these college admissions products and the blog are being launched nation-wide. In addition to manuals and an interactive online program, MCA offers a patented college selection system and an out-of- pocket college cost calculator to help families estimate individualized costs for every school they are considering.

Official MCA blog postings reflect the opinions of a wide array of college admissions and financial aid professionals, as well as parents and students who have been helped by My College Advisor’s experts.  We welcome responses to our postings and hope to establish an online community of contributors. At MCA we believe that the college admissions process – when done well – enables students to realize the full value of a college education. And we’re here to ensure it’s done well.