College Planning For Dummies

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Wiley, Jul 26, 1999 - Study Aids - 320 pages
Today'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
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