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How to go to college on a shoestring: the insider’s guide to grants, scholarships, cheap books, fellowships, and other financial aid secrets.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
How to Read This Book
What to Do Once You Finish This Book
Chapter 1
College Knowledge
Whose Job Is This?
Going It Alone
What You Can Do to Get Ready
Savings Plans
Get a Job?
Looking Good on Paper
Grades
SATs
Activities
Home-Schoolers
Advanced Placement and CLEP
Community College Courses
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 2
Choosing the Right College
Visit Campuses
Wrapping It Up
Calculating the Real Cost
Public versus Private
In-State versus Out-of-State
Location Matters
Living at Home?
Commuter Blues
Online Options
The Application Process
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 3
What Is the FAFSA?
What Parents Can Do
The Profile
The Student Aid Report (SAR)
The Offers
Some Good News
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 4
Federal Grants
Pell Grants
Academic Competitiveness Grant and National SMART Grants
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP)
Federal Agency Grants
State Grants
A Few More Ways to Save on Education
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 5
Federal Student Loan Programs
Federal Perkins Loans
Federal Stafford Loans
So How Much Can You Borrow?
Federal PLUS Loans
Service-Cancelable Loans
Child Care Providers
Forgiveness Amounts:
Law Enforcement or Corrections Officer
Repayment
Private Loans
Bank Loans
Home Equity Alternatives
Retirement Fund Borrowing
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 6
Work and Service Opportunities
Cooperative Education
Internships
College Work Programs
Americorps/National Service
Reserves/National Guard
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 7
Defining Yourself
Books
Internet
Colleges
Local Organizations (Rotary, Kiwanis, Retired Teachers)
Scholarships for Specific Groups
Keeping Track of It All
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 8
How to Win the Dream Scholarship
Recommendations
The Essay
Filling Out the Application
Personal Statement
Awards and Achievements
The Transcripts
The Interview
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 9
The Credit Card Trap
Loan Consolidation Pitfalls
Scholarship and Aid Scams
Scholarship Search Scams
Dropping Courses
Dropping Out
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 10
Choosing Where to Live
To Drive or Not to Drive
Doing Without
Eating Right
Medical Expenses
Cheap Books
The Cost of Going Home
Spring Break
Staying in School
Wrapping It Up
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Author Biography
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