Where to get an early financial aid decision, not just an estimate

SocratesPost is always on the frontlines scouring the news for relevant updates in the college admissions landscape. We look for anything that can help shape our understanding of the latest trends in admissions and help our readers see the direction in which we’re moving.

Questions we explored this week:

  • Professors aren’t known for being rich, but here are the top 4 public universities that pay their assistant profs the most. Where are they?
  • This university is offering a new full tuition scholarship to all residents of its state. Where is it and how do you qualify?
  • One of the top colleges we interviewed is now offering early financial aid decisions, not just estimates. You don’t even have to get accepted to the school. Where is it and what do you get?

October 6, 2019 — UT Dallas, Berkeley, UCLA, and UT Austin shine
All four of these public universities pay their assistant profs at least $100k a year in 2017-18. The median pay for assistant profs a...

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