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Paying for College Shouldn't Be Harder than Going to College! PAY LESS FOR COLLEGE: The Must-Have Guide to Affording Your Degree, 2023 Edition, gives families the power to: Navigate financial aid with confidence Identify practical ways to reduce the cost of college Understand how colleges build financial aid packages Maximize the free money (grants and scholarships) awarded by the college Take control of college costs The 2023 Edition is fully updated for the 2023-24 school year and includes a chapter that prepares families for the big changes coming to the FAFSA and college financial aid in the 2024-25 school year. Authors Elizabeth Walter and Debra Thro were concerned about the abundance of confusing, conflicting, and misleading college financial aid information that exists, how stressful college financial planning can be, and how so many families are blindsided by the amount of money they must come up with when college financial aid letters arrive. There had to be a better way. After extensive research, Walter and Thro sifted out the most meaningful, relevant, and often overlooked college financial aid information that is invaluable to college-bound families. This eye-opening, no-nonsense book is packed with user-friendly guidance and reveals a host of strategies that can help anyone save real money on overall college costs.

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"""Families of college-bound students looking for a clear, comprehensive coverage of all the options and considerations should consider Pay Less For College a 'must have' acquisition. Its outline of various processes and approaches to financial management is clear, versatile, and mines the best of college financial concerns and programs to present strategic insights that parents and students will find essential to the task."" --D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review ""As anyone who has waded through financial aid information knows, it can be complex and confusing. In Pay Less for College, the authors break difficult-to-understand information down and make it easy to digest. I wish this book had been available when I started applying to colleges! It literally would have saved me thousands of dollars. If students and their families read this book and follow its guidance, they could save thousands of dollars on college costs. I highly recommend this book."" --Joe Wisinski, Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ ""The wisdom in this book will encourage every reader because the book delivers careful plans for what the title promises, Pay Less for College. (The authors) have laid out the content in an attractive and logical way... and taken the time to expertly help families navigate well what can be a daunting process. Pay Less for College feels like a helpful friend, one with experience and extensive knowledge, taking the overwhelm out of an important part of life.""--Heidi Mosher, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine ""Great book! A great guide for anyone going into college. I like that it is full of information without being too intense and intimidating. This is something I would have appreciated back when I was going to school."" --Charles Michael Farley, Teen Services Manager, Guthrie Memorial Library"

""Families of college-bound students looking for a clear, comprehensive coverage of all the options and considerations should consider Pay Less For College a 'must have' acquisition. Its outline of various processes and approaches to financial management is clear, versatile, and mines the best of college financial concerns and programs to present strategic insights that parents and students will find essential to the task."" --D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review ""As anyone who has waded through financial aid information knows, it can be complex and confusing. In Pay Less for College, the authors break difficult-to-understand information down and make it easy to digest. I wish this book had been available when I started applying to colleges! It literally would have saved me thousands of dollars. If students and their families read this book and follow its guidance, they could save thousands of dollars on college costs. I highly recommend this book."" --Joe Wisinski, Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ ""The wisdom in this book will encourage every reader because the book delivers careful plans for what the title promises, Pay Less for College. (The authors) have laid out the content in an attractive and logical way... and taken the time to expertly help families navigate well what can be a daunting process. Pay Less for College feels like a helpful friend, one with experience and extensive knowledge, taking the overwhelm out of an important part of life.""--Heidi Mosher, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine ""Great book! A great guide for anyone going into college. I like that it is full of information without being too intense and intimidating. This is something I would have appreciated back when I was going to school."" --Charles Michael Farley, Teen Services Manager, Guthrie Memorial Library

Families of college-bound students looking for a clear, comprehensive coverage of all the options and considerations should consider Pay Less For College a 'must have' acquisition. Its outline of various processes and approaches to financial management is clear, versatile, and mines the best of college financial concerns and programs to present strategic insights that parents and students will find essential to the task. --D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review As anyone who has waded through financial aid information knows, it can be complex and confusing. In Pay Less for College, the authors break difficult-to-understand information down and make it easy to digest. I wish this book had been available when I started applying to colleges! It literally would have saved me thousands of dollars. If students and their families read this book and follow its guidance, they could save thousands of dollars on college costs. I highly recommend this book. --Joe Wisinski, Readers' Favorite The wisdom in this book will encourage every reader because the book delivers careful plans for what the title promises, Pay Less for College. (The authors) have laid out the content in an attractive and logical way... and taken the time to expertly help families navigate well what can be a daunting process. Pay Less for College feels like a helpful friend, one with experience and extensive knowledge, taking the overwhelm out of an important part of life. --Heidi Mosher, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Great book! A great guide for anyone going into college. I like that it is full of information without being too intense and intimidating. This is something I would have appreciated back when I was going to school. --Charles Michael Farley, Teen Services Manager, Guthrie Memorial Library

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Elizabeth Walter is an American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Certified College Admissions Specialist. Walter holds a BS in Biology from SUNY Geneseo and a PhD in Experimental Pathology from Case Western Reserve University. Debra Thro is an American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Certified College Admissions Specialist. Thro holds a BA in Communications and Social Science from the University of South Florida.

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