GFF GradSchool Fully Funded September 28, 2025 Organize Your Finances for a Fully Funded Grad School Experience ↓ Welcome to the September 2025 edition of the GradSchool Fully Funded newsletter! This newsletter is my monthly conversation with you about all things graduate school admissions. If you aspire to attend graduate school in the United States to obtain a master's or Ph.D., and to do so with full funding, then you are in the right place. And if not but you know someone who does, please...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Fall is here, and so is a new opportunity for your student. Registration for the Summer 2026 CFF College Fully Funded® program is now open. Our proven system helps prospective college students (first-year and transfer) apply, get admitted, and secure full funding—so they can graduate without debt. Courtesy: Unsplash - Maxim Tochinskiy Happy Fall! Tomorrow marks the autumnal equinox, the official start of the season, a day when daylight and darkness are in balance across the northern...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
September 13, 2025 What Will it Take? Hello Reader and happy September! 🍂 As the school year kicks into full swing, we know that students and families are carrying a heavier question than ever: Is college without debt really possible? For many families, the financial side of higher education feels overwhelming: Some simply cannot afford to pay out of pocket without relying on loans. Others worry they earn “too much” to qualify for traditional financial aid, yet “too little” to comfortably...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, If you have been reading my emails and newsletters and following my work, you know that powerful and compelling recommendation letters are necessary for college admission with full funding. It is a fundamental part of the CFF framework. But how do you request powerful and compelling recommendation letters? Watch the video snippet below as I explain it in a live coaching session to CFF students. Registration for the Fall 2025 session of CFF College Fully Funded®, our college...
3 months ago • 1 min read
July 13, 2025 What Should Families Do about High College Costs? Hello Reader, I hope you are having a good weekend. As a subscriber to this newsletter you are interested in college admissions and you know that college costs have skyrocketed over the last few decades. In fact we are now at a point that most people cannot afford college without taking on huge debt. This is because as college costs have increased astronomically, household incomes have not kept pace. To deal with this problem,...
4 months ago • 2 min read
GFF GradSchool Fully Funded June 29, 2025 How to Apply to Graduate School when Things Seem Unstable ↓ Welcome to the June 2025 edition of the GradSchool Fully Funded newsletter! This newsletter is my monthly conversation with you about all things graduate school admissions. If you aspire to attend graduate school in the United States to obtain a master's or Ph.D., and to do so with full funding, then you are in the right place. And if not but you know someone who does, please feel free to...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Hello Reader, I hope this special Juneteenth day message finds you well. I hope you got the day off and even if you did not, that you take some time to reflect on what this means for the United States and its people. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 when General Gordon Granger of the Union Army ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation thereby freeing the remaining slaves in Galveston, TX, after the end of the American Civil War. It had been celebrated since then by...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader, Do you have a rising high school freshman, sophomore or junior in your life? In other words you have someone in your life who would be in grade 9, 10, or 11 by September of this year? Or are you someone who fits this description? If so please read on. If not, please forward this to somebody who fits the above description. I encourage you use CARA in your college planning. The College Admission Readiness Audit (CARA) is a detailed assessment and report that will help prepare your...
5 months ago • 2 min read
June 8, 2025 Is College Still the Path to the American Dream? Hello Reader, I hope you are having a good weekend. College is supposed to be a vehicle for upward mobility and a path to the American dream. But is it still? One thing is certain: it will not/cannot be if it comes with a a huge debt burden. That is why you need college fully funded. Watch the video below to learn more. In CFF College Fully Funded® our focus is helping students get college fully funded. This is our comprehensive...
5 months ago • 2 min read