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How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents
Penguin
September 2010
On Sale: August 31, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 1591842980
EAN: 9781591842989
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These days, most people assume you need to pay a boatload of
money for a quality college education. As a result, students
and their parents are willing to go into years of debt and
potentially sabotage their entire financial futures just to
get a fancy name on their diploma. But Zac Bissonnette is walking proof that this assumption is
not only false, but dangerous a class con game designed to
rip you off and doom your student to a post-graduation life
of near poverty . From his unique double perspective he's a
personal finance expert (at Daily Finance) AND a current
senior at the University of Massachusetts Zac figured out
how to get an outstanding education at a public college,
without bankrupting his parents or taking on massive loans. Armed with his personal knowledge, the latest data, and
smart analysis, Zac takes on the sacred cows of the higher
education establishment. He reveals why a lot of the
conventional wisdom about choosing and financing college is
not only wrong but hazardous to you and your child's
financial future. You'll discover, for instance, that: * Student loans are NOT a necessary evil. Ordinary middle
class families can and must find ways to avoid them, even
without scholarships.
* College "rankings" are useless designed to sell magazines
and generate hype. If you trust one of the major guides when
picking a college, you face a potential financial disaster.
* The elite graduate programs accept lots of people with
non-elite bachelors degrees. So do America's most selective
employers. The name on a diploma ultimately won't help your
child have a more successful career or earn more money. Zac can prove every one of those bold assertions and more.
No matter what your current financial situation, he has a
simple message for parents: RELAX! Your kid will be able to
get a champagne education on a beer budget!
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