Get Real Money for College: A Financial Handbook Of $cholar$hip Opportunities and Education Loan Options for Students from Middle School through Graduate School

Krishnan, Naveen

ISBN 10: 143438859X / ISBN 13: 9781434388599

Published by AuthorHouse, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Get Real Money for College: A Financial Handbook Of $cholar$hip Opportunities and Education Loan Options for Students from Middle School through Graduate School
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 143438859X
• ISBN 13: 9781434388599
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The students of this generation face stiffer competition than their parents in getting admission to colleges and winning scholarships. As demand for college admissions have soared, colleges and universities have seized the opportunity to raise their fees well beyond the rate of inflation. In response to this, parents have begun to pay close attention to their children?s activities from the elementary school level on and up with a view to increasing their children?s chances of gaining admission to the top level colleges and winning scholarships. There is currently no comprehensive guide for students / parents on the available options for financing their education beginning from middle school and continuing on till graduate school. This book not only provides guidance on available scholarships, types of government sponsored savings accounts and education loans but also goes on to reveal strategies on getting some of those loans forgiven. Beyond that, it provides parents and students important pointers on receiving different types of IRS tax credits and ways of claiming tax deduction for their kids? education or their own education. Also, winning prestigious math and science scholarships is not only a resume builder but also an enabler in raising the student?s chances of gaining admission to the top Ivy League schools. So, this is a must have book for students, parents and school counselors. The hot feature of the book is that all scholarships are linked by URL?s. A simple click of the mouse takes the reader directly to the sponsor?s site where additional information can be viewed and application forms can be filled out ALL ONLINE!. These URL?s do not even have to be keyed-in as the links to the websites are provided at the author?s book website and just a simple click of the mouse takes the reader directly to the opportunity.

About the Author

The Author recently graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) specializing in Brain & Cognitive Sciences. He has also authored several technical publications based on his research work at the Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT. He is very passionate about global health care issues and has been to several third world countries studying the various aspects related to malnourishment and other local diseases. He performed volunteer work on ?Project Prakash? in the remote villages of India addressing childhood blindness among orphan children; he then persevered further into Nepal where he volunteered at several rural health clinics and hospitals assisting doctors in providing basic heath care to the needy. Recently, he worked with medical doctors in Malaysia studying the local practice of medicine and interacted closely with local neuroscientists on some of their research projects. In the coming year, he plans to continue his studies on global health policy at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. He is an avid tennis player and has played varsity tennis at both school and college. He is also the Co-founder and President of a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization that caters to the welfare of wounded veterans and their families living in Southern California.