Financing College: How Much You'll Really Have to Pay and How to Get the Money (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Davis, Kristin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0938721569 ISBN 13: 9780938721567

Publisher: Kiplinger Books

Synopsis

Demystifies the college aid process--savings, financial aid, scholarships and loans.

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From the Back Cover:

Think the college your child wants to attend is out of your reach? Think again! Here's the help you need to figure out how to afford college, not just pay for it! "Davis's book provides solid financial planning advice with insider tips on lowering college costs. The book tackles both long term college planning (serving as an excellent investment guide) and short term tasks...it's the best in its class because it supports parents' planning for college whether their student is a senior or preschooler...The chapters 'Increasing Your Eligibility for Aid' and 'The Financial Side of Choosing a College' offer insights and suggestions not covered elsewhere."

--The Best Resources for College Financial Aid A school's "sticker price" isn't what you actually pay. In fact your out-of pocket contribution, base don your family's finances, will be similar for most schools - regardless of their total costs. Financing College shows how to anticipate what the amount will be - and offers numerous strategies to help you come up with the rest. This expanded edition includes advice on the best ways to use Congress's new savings plans, including why you're better off socking savings in a Roth IRA instead of the education IRA. Packed with worksheets, charts and resource information, Financing College gives you the tools you neeed to map out the right plan.

About the Author:

Kristin Davis covers college financing issues for Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kiplinger Books
• ISBN 10: 0938721569
• ISBN 13: 9780938721567
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 308