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the Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make

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the Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make
the Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make

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the Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make

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Sending a teenager to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Meanwhile, many families of freshmen attending selective private colleges will spend triple—over $300,000. With the same passion, smarts, and humor that infuse his personal finance column, Ron Lieber offers a much-needed roadmap to help families navigate this difficult and often confusing journey. Lieber begins by explaining who pays what and why and how the financial aid system got so complicated. He also pulls the curtain back on merit aid, an entirely new form of discounting that most colleges now use to compete with peers. While price is essential, value is paramount. So what is worth paying extra for, and how do you know when it exists in abundance at any particular school? Is a small college better than a big one? Who actually does the teaching? Given that every college claims to have reinvented its career center, who should we actually believe? He asks the tough questions of college presidents and financial aid gatekeepers that parents don’t know (or are afraid) to ask and summarizes the research about what matters and what doesn’t. Finally, Lieber calmly walks families through the process of setting financial goals, explaining the system to their children and figuring out the right ways to save, borrow, and bargain for a better deal. gives parents the clarity they need to make informed choices and helps restore the joy and wonder the college experience is supposed to represent.

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