College Planning For DummiesToday's college applicants are career-oriented and highly motivated to choose the right college and get accepted, whatever it takes. This one-stop guide tells them everything they need to do, walking them -- and their parents -- through the entire process. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Getting Ready | 9 |
Information Sources | 25 |
Setting the Stage | 27 |
Your First Decisions | 34 |
Finding the Right Colleges | 41 |
Tenth Grade Starting Early | 51 |
Eleventh Grade Starting Later | 65 |
Money You Get Because You Need It | 181 |
Money You Get Because Youre You | 195 |
Getting Financial Aid | 205 |
Easing the Pain | 223 |
The Rest of the Story | 235 |
Youre Accepted Now What? | 237 |
Evaluating the Money Offers | 247 |
What If Youre Coming to the U S ? | 259 |
The Campus Visit | 83 |
The Interview | 95 |
Decision Time | 107 |
Getting | 113 |
Even your GPA should weigh less | 119 |
Scoring System Stuff | 129 |
If Youre Over 25 | 135 |
How to Look Your Best | 137 |
Paying for College | 155 |
The Part of Tens | 267 |
Ten Terms Colleges Hope You Never Know | 275 |
Ten Abbreviations You Wish You Never Saw | 281 |
Ten Big Mistakes in College Planning | 287 |
Ten Questions to Ask About a College | 293 |
Almost Ten Reasons Why a TwoYear College | 299 |
Glossary | 305 |
Index | 309 |
Copyright | |