Paying for College without Going Broke, 2009 Edition (College Admissions Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375428836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Paying for College Without Going Broke" according to River Rat. I have been buying this for over 10 years now.It has saved us 1,000's of dollars no doubt!Can't say enough good things about it.The colleges' best friends are the uneducated consumers, those parents who don't bother to learn HOW the process works! Putting Paying for College Without Going Broke River Rat I have been buying this for over 10 years now.It has saved us 1,000's of dollars no doubt!Can't say enough good things about it.The colleges' best friends are the uneducated consumers, those parents who don't bother to learn HOW the process works! Putting 4 children through college in 11 consecutive years, this book helps!. children through college in 11 consecutive years, this book helps!. Helped us improve our financial aid package How much do you hate filling out the FASFA? I hate it every year. It is a mystery and almost worse than doing my taxes.I dove into the FASFA two years ago, all on my own, no instructions for my son's freshman year at a fairly expensive private college. We did reasonably well on financial aid. This past year, I purchased this book and used the section by section guide to fill in the FASFA, and like magic, we qualified for $1,000 more financial aid this year. Now this is remarkable, the college cost went up a fair amount, and my wife and I both made more money over last year. I credit this book to receiving more financial aid. There are some c. Great information for a range of incomes and situations I'm a recent college grad that paid for college, and completed the financial aid process, on my own. I was reading this book specifically to review it, and was actually a little depressed. Not because the book is bad (that's far from true), but because I saw all the places where I could have done things differently, and gotten more money for school (and thus decreased the huge debt load that I'm now paying off).I disagree with the reviewer that said there isn't much here for the average parent or child - I think there's more than plenty here for the average college applicant's family. The problem is that a lot of it has to be taken into acco
As the cost of college steadily increases, paying for it requires insider strategies to maximize financial aid and minimize college costs. Paying for College Without Going Broke 2009 is thoroughly revised and updated to take the stress, confusion, and guess-work out of applying for financial aid.The only book to include the latest financial aid forms and lists of annual changes in tax laws, it also shows students and their parents how to calculate their aid eligibility before applying to college and plan ahead to improve their chances of receiving aid. It is a must have for anyone concerned about the soaring costs of college tuition.. The book also includes advice on how to negotiate with financial aid offices, handle special circumstances (for single parents or independent students), and receive educational tax breaks