1001 Ways to Pay for College: Practical Strategies to Make Any College Affordable - Softcover

Completely revised with updated descriptions, contact information, websites, and available monies, this guide to financing higher education is the only resource students need to fund their pursuit of knowledge. Balancing detailed explanations with real-life examples and practical resources, the featured topics include finding and winning scholarships, requesting a reassessment from colleges for more financial aid, maximising assistance from state and federal governments, taking advantage of educational tax breaks, and benefiting from government-subsidised student loans. Creative strategies -- such as starting profitable dorm-room enterprises, trading tuition costs for volunteer service, and cancelling debts with loan repayment programs -- help students find extra money when more traditional routes are exhausted. The provided tips are designed for students of all ages and levels and their parents.

Gen Tanabe is a Harvard graduate and the author of "501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College", "Get Free Cash for College", and "Get into Any College". They have appeared on more than 100 television news programs, including "CNN Financial News" and "Fox Morning News". They live in Palo Alto, California. Kelly Tanabe is the author of 1001 Ways to Pay For College, Accepted! 50 Successful Business School Admission Essays, Accepted! 50 Successful College Admission Essays, Adult Students, Get Free Cash for College, Get into Any College, How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay, and Sallie Mae How to Pay for College. They live in Palo Alto, California.