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Crash Course on How to Pay for College (Using as Little of Your Own Money as Possible)

College Essay Guy

Surely there’s more to it than what’s in this one blog post.” This guide is more of a CliffNotes/No-Fear-Shakespeare approach: give you the highlights in clear-cut language so you… know where to start, have the basic idea about how financial aid actually works, and have the vocabulary and tools to get the answers you need.

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Applying early decision and early action, part II

The College Solutions Blog

In my last college blog post, I wrote about the pros and cons of applying to college early decision. A family, however, should make every effort to talk with the admission/financial aid office if a financial aid award is inadequate. Consider Early Decision II. Pomona College. Reed College. Rhodes College.