Tyler Hakes

Tyler Hakes is the former Director of Marketing at College Raptor. He writes about topics related to the college search, admissions and financial aid. He's always looking to tell great stories about students discovering their perfect school.

News update: We Create Here Covers College Raptor Launch, Funding and Vision

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
We Create Here announced the launch of College Raptor in 2014, including information about Series A financing raised from mostly within the state of Iowa. The article details information about the College Raptor vision to help students and families find their best college matches, considering academic fit, cultural fit and financial affordability. It also discusses …
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5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Applied to College

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
Back when I was making my choices about college, I knew very little about the way the admissions and financial aid process works. Like many students, I was the first in my family to go to college. So, while my parents supported me immensely, they didn’t know any more about the process than I did. …

New Online Search Tool, College Raptor, Uses Data, Crowdsourcing to Estimate Students’ “Net” Price at Every U.S. Four-Year School

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
Tech Entrepreneur Partners with Former ACT CEO to Bring Transparency to Higher Ed Admissions and Financial Aid Iowa City, IA (PRWEB) December 03, 2014 As more than 2 million U.S. high school seniors begin the complex process of applying to college, they are faced with answering some of the most important and challenging questions of …

MyCollegePrice is Now College Raptor

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
Going to college can be expensive, but it’s also often confusing. Families are often made to spend hours and hours trying to compare colleges, with little help or guidance. The college search — one of the most important decisions in a student’s life — has been made nearly impossible. The “sticker price” listed on a …
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Is Lower Student Debt More Important than a Big Name School for Thriving After College?

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal (no subscription required) proclaims “Elite Colleges Don’t Buy Happiness for Graduates.”  The thesis of the article is that empirical data shows that a college’s reputation does not guarantee success in the workplace. Gallup surveyed more than 30,000 college graduates drawn from colleges and universities across the selectivity …
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Creating More Accurate College Net Price Estimates

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
If you’re a prospective college student, you may be pulling your hair out when going through the shopping process. Not just because of all of the hoops you’re made to jump through and paperwork you need to fill out — but also because of how misleading college cost estimates can be. Many estimates can be …

MyCollegePrice Launches New Comparison Shopping Site for College Costs

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MyCollegePrice Launches New Comparison Shopping Site for College Costs MyCollegePrice.com answers the question of how much college will really cost by enabling students and their parents to quickly estimate their net price instead of sticker price at thousands of colleges IOWA CITY, Iowa (October 31, 2012) — MyCollegePrice announced today the launch …
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The True Price of Private Colleges: Why Sticker Price Doesn’t Matter

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
One of the most important reasons we created MyCollegePrice was to help people discover new affordable options for college. Students might discover new schools that they hadn’t even heard of simply by looking at their list of college matches. But, students and their families may also be overlooking great potential colleges that they know about but think are …