The Financial Aid Handbook: Getting the Education You Want for the Price You Can Afford
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1601631669 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to anothermama. This is so well-researched and insightful; a wake-up call to the risks of college debt. Read, absorb, share with your student; do the math! Increasingly, research shows there is little return for major college debt (this book advises no more than $8,000 a year for undergraduates), with a very few exceptions. The name/price of the college is less important to success than how well the experience goes; the classes & academics as well as internships, volunteering, life skills gained along the way. What an important lesson that flies in the face of the concept of name brand prestige. All thoroughly discussed in this easy-to-re. S Howden said Great resource for college bound students and their parents.. This book is essential to any high school student planning on attending college, and for whom paying for college is a concern, and for any parent of a such a student. The authors of the book, Carol Stack and Ruth Vendik, lay out very clearly how colleges determine the amount of financial aid a student will be offered based upon what the colleges consider to be a desirable student. Tools and resources are given for determining how desirable specific students will be to specific colleges and what financial aid could reasonably be expected. An important point made in the book is that computations of "need-based" financial aid. The BEST book for discussing college costs with your student! Debbie The way this book works (and boy did it work well) is that parents AND the student are to read the book and form a team. The adults explore their resources and the student explores college costs. Then the team determines what "affordable" means to the family and also what a "reasonable" amount to borrow for college costs BEFORE the student gets their heart broken when their top 6 college choices are out of financial reach unless a 6 figure loan is taken out. The authors believe that debt over $20,000 total for undergraduates is neither reasonable nor necessary for a student to find a good school that is an excellent fit.Th
No other book on the market teaches students and parents how to find real, four-year scholarshipsand how to land them. The Financial Aid Handbook is the only book families will need to find the right college at the right price.The Financial Aid Handbook includes:The seven biggest myths about paying for collegeThe ultimate guide to federal, state, and private student loansA step-by-step guide to completing the FAFSA and PROFILEHow to predict scholarship dollars with the Merit Aid Profile, or MAPProfiles of selected schools with exceptional merit a
. For the past 9 years, Vedvik has worked as a principal at Hardwick-Day, an enrollment consulting firm that works with the admissions and financial aid offices of private colleges and universities. Through Hardwick-Day, she has consulted on financial aid policy at dozens of colleges, including Whittier, Grinnell, Mills, Randolph-Macon, and Xavier University. About the Author Carol Stack is the former Director of Admissions at Macalester College and Augsburg College. For the past 15 years, Stack has worked as a principal at H
For the past 15 years, Stack has worked as a principal at Hardwick-Day, an enrollment consulting firm that works with the admissions and financial aid offices of private colleges and universities. Through Hardwick-Day, she has consulted on financial aid policy at dozens of colleges, including Whittier, Grinnell, Mills, Randolph-Macon, an