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Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2015 is the must have guide for anyone looking for private aid money to help finance an education. This valuable resource provides up-to-date information on millions of privately funded awards available to college students. The comprehensive scholarship and grant profiles include those awards based on ethnic heritage, talent, employment experience, military service, and other categories, which are available...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview:#1 America needs more financial literacy, and the government should provide it to its citizens.
#2 Self-made people who are financially secure understand that you must take charge of building your own balance sheet. You must earn enough money to cover your expenses, including debt. When you have a positive balance, you can save and build your balance sheet.
#3 The point...
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With insight and humor, Jodi Okun takes you inside the often murky world of paying for college. First as a financial aid consultant at Occidental and Pitzer colleges, and then in her own successful consulting business, College Financial Aid Advisors (CFAA), Jodi learned firsthand the struggles families endure to find financing and pay for college. In SECRETS OF A FINANCIAL PRO, she demystifies the process and presents sensible solutions any family...
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SMART and SAVVY WAYS TO PAY FOR COLLEGE... WITH NO DEBT (OR as Little as Possible)With college graduates earning over a million dollars more than high school grads will earn during the course of their lifetime, getting a college degree is incredibly important. However, the cost of college keeps rising and navigating the maze of financial aid options grows more challenging every year. This book is a comprehensive guide to saving for college, scholarships,...
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For some time now, the worldwide economy had been deteriorating and was on the verge of collapse at any given moment. For months we witness the shambles in Greece and other European countries, and then the critical bombshell came by at the beginning of October 2012 when the USA Government was shut down, unable to pay its workers or function as a government. Just like we can all be free if the world works together rather than fight each other so too,...
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The Financial Aid Handbook is the only book families need to find the right college at the right price. This completely revised, up-to-date edition builds on the success of the original--the definitive, one-stop guide to the college selection and payment process, covering everything from basic timelines and tuition costs to predicting your scholarship award from colleges and taking ownership of student debt after graduation. Updated to reflect the...
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In the last 20-years, tuition has increased by a factor of more than 200 percent, which is 3 times the increase in earned income of the average family. It takes from 25 to 30 percent of a family's yearly after tax earnings to pay for a single child's college education.
Utilizing their access to college counseling, admissions, and financial aid professionals at colleges and universities across the country, this father and son team have developed a...
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There is an enormous amount of financial aid money available in direct scholarships and grants to fund college study; the trick is to identify the sources of athletic awards and to find the right one for you. In Free Money for Athletic Scholarships, Laurie Blum shows the high school athlete where and how to apply for the millions of dollars available each year to help finance education costs.
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Most scholarship guides are aimed only at the straight-A student, not this guide! Peterson's The "C" Students Guide to Scholarships shows that it is possible for average or even below-average students to win some of the millions of dollars in available scholaship awards. It is the essential guide to finding scholarships when your grades suck! Author Felecia Hatcher, has dedicated her life to motivating young people to look past their circumstances...
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College costs are straining every family except the richest. Most financial aid goes to the neediest families. The middle class typically doesn't qualify for need-based financial aid, even though most can't afford to pay cash for college and their salaries haven't allowed them to save enough to cover all costs. If these families are trying to put more than one child through college, the challenges are exponential.
If you've been asking how your
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Since when did families putting themselves into suffocating debt when trying to put their children through college become the rule rather than the exception? A long time ago, actually. In fact, drowning in hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt accrual for what seems like a lifetime is barely questioned these days. If you want your kids to pursue post-secondary education, managing (or mismanaging) crippling negative balances is a cruel...
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Whether you are returning to school as a working adult, going to college for the first time, or moving up to a larger, four-year university from a smaller two-year one, living off campus as a student will present you with a unique set of challenges. While it can be a great learning experience, it can also be filled with uncertainty, especially when you withstand events that you never thought you would have had to deal with before.
If you've picked...
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The average rate of tuition at four-year private colleges was about $21, 235; four-year public universities average $5, 491. Tuition costs, of course, are just the beginning now add room and board, the cost of attending a private college is $29, 026 per year on average, and $12, 127 at four-year public universities. Take a look at IVY league universities such as Princeton and the total fees will climb to nearly $37, 000. An 8% college inflation rate...
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The Annual Report of the Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) covers the period 1 January–31 December 2014 and presents the JSP's activities, achievements, and success stories from students and alumni. The JSP was established in 1988 to give qualified citizens of developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank an opportunity to take postgraduate studies in economics, business and management, science and technology, and other development-related...
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Undergraduate fees for universities and colleges across Canada have more than doubled in every province over the past decade. Today, the average student debt load after graduation is almost twenty-thousand dollars. Individuals considering a post-secondary education are looking for intelligent, resourceful ways to fund their education without mortgaging their future. Those currently in school are trying to find ways to cut their spending, increase...
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According to the most recent report done by The College Board Annual Survey of Colleges, the average rate of tuition at four-year public universities is $19,548, and even more shocking, the average four-year tuition rate for private colleges is $43,921. Tuition costs, of course, are just the beginning. However, there is good news: There is more financial aid available than ever before, and despite all of these college cost increases, a college education...
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Every year, millions of post-secondary hopefuls vie for enrollment at the nation's top academic institutions, with hopes of standing out in a saturated crowd of equally talented candidates. But as those would-be students and their parents know all too well, gaining admittance is a small part of the battle: the bigger hurdle can often be how to pay for it. In an era where families are willing to put themselves into suffocating debt for the sake of...
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Get Accepted To The College That's Right For You Everyone has their own idea of the perfect college. The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College is the only admissions guide that starts with an in-depth assessment of your priorities, then takes you step-by-step through the process of applying to the schools you actually want to get into. New sixth edition is fully updated with information on standardized testing, financial aid, online applications,...
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