14 episodes
The College March Podcast With March Consulting: Your College Experts Kat Clowes: Entrepreneur, Millennial, College & Career Consultant, CEO & Founder of March Consulting
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4.7 • 10 Ratings
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Kat Clowes, CEO and Founder of March Consulting, shares college and career strategies for students and parents. Find your path through the "right" college and into a career you'll love. Discover what you should be doing in high school and college to make the most of your tuition dollars, while approaching your career in an entirely new way... While taking the traditional route through college and career originally, Kat ultimately formulated and put into practice her College March philosophy, landing her in a top choice graduate school and into a career she loves. Future episodes will include information on Job shadowing, college planning, internships, research opportunities, LinkedIn, financial aid, scholarships, life planning, goal setting, motivation, the challenges Millennials face, the new career model for this and our future economy, and everything that works (and doesn’t work) to get you on your way to using your college years to get ahead.
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Understanding College Costs: What are Private Scholarships? Where to find them and tips on winning them.
In this episode, Kat defines private scholarships, how to search for them, and tips on creating a stand-out scholarship application.
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Understanding College Costs: What is the CSS Profile?
Over 150 colleges across the country who are generous with need-based aid use the CSS Profile. In this episode, Kat explains what the CSS Profile is, how it's different than the FAFSA, how financial aid offices use the CSS Profile, and how much time you should budget to complete it before deadlines.
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Understanding College Costs: Free Application for Federal Student Aid FAQs
In this episode, Kat explains and defines the most frequently asked questions from families as they are filling out the FAFSA including assets that are included/not included, which parent reports their financial information for different family circumstances, and more.
Links In This Episode:
Definitions of Dependent/Independent Student Status: https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/dependency
Which Parent Will Be Reported on the FAFSA? https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/parent-info
Details About Reporting Parent Assets:
https://studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/article/fafsa-question-total-amount-of-parents-asset-net-worth-exceed-amount-listed
Business/Farm Definitions:
https://studentaid.gov/2021/help/parent-current-business-investments-farm -
Understanding College Costs: Work Colleges
In this week's podcast episode, Kat introduces you to a small group of colleges across the country that have made it their mission to provide students not only with great work experience and a strong resume before they graduate but opportunities to minimize tuition and costs for families.
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Understanding College Costs: Student Loans
Kat explains the most common types of student loans you will see on a financial aid award offer, as well as the differences between federal and private student loans. You'll learn what loans you should consider first if using them for college costs, forgiveness programs, and the advantages of work-study.
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Understanding College Costs: Lowering Tuition Rates Automatically and Save Thousands
In this week's episode, Kat discusses the different types of tuition exchange programs and how you can use these programs for an automatic tuition reduction.
Customer Reviews
Helpful & insightful
Kat is very knowledgable and has a lot of great advice for students who are looking for college guidance. She brings a lot to the table with interesting guests and a fresh perspective, and I look forward to future episodes.
A Better Way To Plan
Kat Clowes nails it! I wish I would have had an educational consultant when I was going through school. I can't wait to see what else Kat has in store for us.
Thank You!!
Highly Recommended!
I highly recommend taking the time to listen to these podcasts! Kat has been a friend and mentor to me for many years. With her help guidance I was able to graduate with a better understanding of who I am and what I want to do for the rest of my life!!