Paying for College: Practical, Creative Strategies (Thinking About College)

Hollander, Barbara Gottfried

ISBN 10: 1435835999 / ISBN 13: 9781435835993

Published by Rosen Young Adult, 2010

About this Item

A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Seller Inventory # OTV.1435835999.G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paying for College: Practical, Creative Strategies (Thinking About College)
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1435835999
• ISBN 13: 9781435835993
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

This guide will help readers overcome one of the greatest barriers related to higher education today—paying for it. A college education is more expensive than ever, but today’s high school students and their families do have options. With an optimistic and encouraging tone, the text helps readers understand and navigate the different options for college financing, including grants, scholarships, loans, working, and strategic school choices.

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up—First Year includes information on budgeting time, designing an academic program, and recognizing and avoiding problems such as binge drinking. Paying discusses in clear detail the various governmental loans, grants, and scholarships that are available to students. The major question asked by Silivanch is whether to attend college or not. The author concludes, in advice echoed in the other books, that attending a two- or four-year college is a must. She makes the case for college as a rite of passage for high school graduates, arguing that they deny themselves monetary gain and economic status when they do not choose to further their education, a position backed up by salary statistics. The book walks readers briefly through the college application process, and in a departure from the other books, outlines the economy's impact on college selection.—Carol Jones Collins, Hanover Park High School, East Hanover, NJ
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.