PAY LESS FOR COLLEGE: The Must-Have Guide to Affording Your Degree, 4th Edition - Couverture souple

Walter, Elizabeth; Thro, Debra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 173560299X ISBN 13 : 9781735602998

Editeur : College Admissions HQ, 2025

Synopsis

Love the School. Afford the Dream.

Choosing a college is about finding a place where you belong—a place that fits your goals, your heart, and your wallet. Paying for college may be one of the biggest financial challenges you'll ever face--but it doesn't have to be harder than going to college. You can honor your dreams without sacrificing your financial future.

Pay Less for College is the go-to college financial aid and affordability guide for parents and students who want to make smart, confident choices. It offers clear, actionable insights to help you save real money—often tens of thousands of dollars—by:

• Finding the colleges most likely to be generous

• Understanding how and why a college will love you back

• Demonstrating your value to that school

• Avoiding common, costly mistakes

• Cutting costs, both big and small

Why pay more than you have to?

Smart strategies. Real savings. The confidence to say yes to the dream—and afford it.

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What's new in the 4th Edition

• Fully updated to cover the latest and upcoming changes to the FAFSA, PLUS Loans, Pell Grants, and college financial aid policies.

• Expanded tools and examples that help families understand college costs, maximize need-based and merit aid, compare true net prices, and submit standout applications.

Inside you'll find

Part I: College Costs and Financial Aid
Understand exactly what college will cost and how financial aid works.

Part II: How to Pay Less for College
Learn how to increase aid eligibility and find the most generous colleges.

Part III: Planning
Turn knowledge into action with concrete family planning tools.

Part IV: Resources and Tools
10 detailed appendices, including guides to the FAFSA, CSS Profile, Pell Grants, and financial aid if your parents are unmarried, divorced, separated, remarried, or widowed, as well as tools to help you identify your academic strengths, social needs, and college priorities, and how to make your personal outreach most effective.

For parents and students who want to choose wisely, spend smartly, and truly pay less for college.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Elizabeth Walter is an American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Certified College Admissions Specialist. Walter holds a BS in Biology from SUNY Geneseo and a PhD in Experimental Pathology from Case Western Reserve University.

Debra Thro is an American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Certified College Admissions Specialist. Thro holds a BA in Communications and Social Science from the University of South Florida.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: College Admissions HQ
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 173560299X
• ISBN 13: 9781735602998
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg