Planning For College

Here's how to pay a whole lot less for college and find a college match for your high school student. Ignore college rankings. The stealth college planning strategies recommended by the author are not-so-typical and often humorous suggestions that are simple and easy to implement.

Fast-reading proven tips for parents, such as how to cut $42K in expected college costs, how parents can pay NOTHING for college, or how to make your kids pay their own college expenses. Nothing but common-sense steps to saving families lots of money without taking loans. Or, he tells students why they ought to have a business card and why they should avoid most extracurricular activities. Chapter themes include

Best kept secret in America on how to pay for college
How to impress colleges without being the leader of any team or club
How to interview colleges and have them say, "Wow!"
How to get absolutely the most free money for college
Why Canadian colleges have growing appeal

One reviewer says of the book:
"Before you pick up this book, know one thing: this book is not about how to get a student into college for free. It's about how the parent can successfully help their child choose the most affordable college for their skills and background and simultaneously not dip into the parents' retirement or life savings."

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