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</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 12px;padding-bottom: 10px;border-bottom: solid 1px black"><strong><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1638409-don-t-be-tricked-by-financial-aid-offers.html" style="text-decoration: none;padding-top: 15px;color: #e9a523" target="_blank">Read more...</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dates To Remember</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table cellspacing="0" width="93%"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: top;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 12px;padding-top: 8px" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: top" valign="top"> <table cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="font-size: 12px;color: #696969"> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px"><font style="font-size: 12px">SAT <br/> Test Dates</font></td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px"><font style="font-size: 12px">Registration<br/> Deadline</font></td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px"><font style="font-size: 12px">Late Reg<br/> Deadline</font></td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px"><font style="font-size: 12px">Details</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="font-size: 11px" width="43"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>JUN</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 16px"><strong>7</strong></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td>May 8</td> <td>May 28</td> <td><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/register" target="_blank">Register</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br/> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" width="93%"> <tbody> <tr style="font-size: 12px;color: #696969"> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px" width="27%"> <p><font style="font-size: 12px">ACT Test<br/> Dates</font></p> </td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px" width="28%"> <p><font style="font-size: 12px">Registration<br/> Deadline</font></p> </td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px" width="23%"> <p><font style="font-size: 12px">Late Reg<br/> Deadline</font></p> </td> <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 5px" width="22%"> <p><font style="font-size: 12px">Details</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" width="43"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><strong>JUN</strong><br/> <font size="4"><strong>14</strong></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td>May 9</td> <td>May 10-23</td> <td><a href="http://www.actstudent.org/regist/" target="_blank"><font style="font-size: 12px">Register</font></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <strong>Discuss the<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/" style="color: #eaab3c;text-decoration: none;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" target="_blank"> ACT </a>and <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/" style="color: #eaab3c;text-decoration: none;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" target="_blank"> SAT </a> on College Confidential.</strong></span><strong><br/> </strong></td> <td style="margin-left: 30px" valign="top" width="270"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300"> <tbody> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td align="right" valign="top"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/"><img alt="" border="0" height="250" src="http://static.askadmissions.net/domesticpromote/usermedia/sm_201210.jpg" width="300"></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color: #696969;padding-top: 15px;padding-bottom: 5px;font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width: 250;border-top: solid black 1px" width="250">Ask the Dean</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td align="left" style="padding-top: 5px;text-align: left"><strong><a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/is-30k-debt-for-four-years-the-norm-these-days.htm" style="text-decoration: none;color: #146b84;font-size: 12px;text-align: justify;padding-bottom: 10px" target="_blank">Is $30K Debt for Four Years the Norm These Days?</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td style="font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.2em;color: #696969;padding-bottom: 10px;padding-top: 5px"><strong>Question:</strong> My daughter was accepted at our state’s flagship university and another out of state. She wants to attend one of these, even though it will mean that she graduates with about $30K in debt. She has received merit scholarships at smaller schools, which would allow her to graduate debt free, but she doesn’t want to go to these schools. Is it “normal” for students to owe $30,000 after four years? It sounds crazy to me!</td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td style="border-bottom-color: black;border-bottom-width: 1px;border-bottom-style: solid;padding-bottom: 15px"> <p><strong><a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/is-30k-debt-for-four-years-the-norm-these-days.htm" style="font-size: 12px;text-decoration: none;padding-top: 15px;color: #e9a523" target="_blank">Find out what the dean said…</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td style="font-size: 20px;color: #696969;padding-top: 15px;padding-bottom: 5px"><font style="font-size: 18px">Admit This!</font></td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td align="left" style="padding-top: 5px;text-align: left;font-size: 12px;color: #146b84"><strong><a href="http://www.collegeview.com/admit/?p=4063" style="text-decoration: none;color: #146b84;text-align: justify;padding-bottom: 10px" target="_blank">College Visits: Summer, April, or Not at All?</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td align="left" style="padding-top: 5px;text-align: left;line-height: 1.2em;font-size: 12px;color: #696969;padding-bottom: 5px"> <p>Since we’re approaching the middle of April as I write this, the main focus of the college-visit world is now on high school seniors. Almost every senior who has applied to an institution of higher learning has by now received a response. Unless you have struck out at every college to which you have applied (extremely unlikely, in my view), you now have to make a decision.</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <td style="border-bottom-width: 1px;border-bottom-color: black;border-bottom-style: solid;padding-bottom: 15px"> <p><strong><a href="http://www.collegeview.com/admit/?p=4063" style="font-size: 12px;text-decoration: none;padding-top: 15px;color: #e9a523" target="_blank">Read More…</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="700"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font style="font-size: 10px"><font color="#7f7f7f" style="font-size: 10px"> © 2014 by Hobsons, Inc. 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