- ISBN13: 9780132365703
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“The College Solution helps readers look beyond over-hyped admission rankings to discover schools that offer a quality education at affordable prices. Taking the guesswork out of saving and finding money for college, this is a practical and insightful must-have guide for every parent!” –Jaye J. Fenderson, Seventeen’s College Columnist and Author, Seventeen’s Guide to Getting into College “This book is a must read in an era of rising tuition and falling admission r… More >>
The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price
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#1 by P. J. Anderson on January 26, 2010 - 2:51 am
The book has a lot of good information, but the author spends several chapters whining about her personal view that too much grant money goes to “merit” awards [i.e. where the student has worked hard to get good grades, do well in athletics, etc., and is rewarded for his/her hard work with grant money], and not enough to “need-based” awards [like every kid should get a free ride to the most expensive schools, or something]. The author should just stick to facts, figures and helpful websites.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by Jane Reedy on January 26, 2010 - 5:11 am
The College Solution is an amazing book that will save my family tens of thousands of dollars in college costs. I haven’t found any other book that provides so many winning strategies to help find wonderful schools at discounted prices. Until I read The College Solution, I didn’t understand that colleges are pricing their bachelor degrees like airline tickets. Only the uninformed need to pay full fare. After finishing the book, I’m not nearly as anxious about finding and paying for college for my son, who is a high school junior.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Murphy on January 26, 2010 - 7:15 am
As a parent of a high school senior, I have read many college admission advice books over the past two years. I found this book “The College Solution” to be different than most of the others, and I highly recommend it. While many of the other books focus on theories and tricks to gaining admission, I feel this book offers very practical advice and suggests specific actions. It mentions many helpful websites that are beneficial in researching colleges. The title of this book might make you think the book is all about financing college…. It certainly covers that, but it is much more. This is a very useful, practical book. Reasonably priced and worth it. I had originally borrowed it from the local library…after reading it I purchased my own copy so I can refer back to it periodically.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Daria Doering on January 26, 2010 - 9:46 am
This book really is unique and the best. I have looked at many college books, and this is the only one that addressed my concerns about whether kids who have money in their name can get financial aid, and whether there is any hope for parents “in the middle” who may have too much money to qualify for financial aid, and too little to pay for private colleges. The answers are much more hopeful than I had thought, and O’Shaughnessy even provides the “formulas” colleges use; something I had tried in absolute vain to find. Other things I found out (wish I’d had this book many years ago) were that retirement funds are not counted against you at all, so that’s another reason to sock away the maximum amount; and that you should be spending that money in your kids’ names for certain of their expenses, in other words spending down their accounts, so they’ll get better financial aid packages (and you can then repay what you spent). Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Kristine I. Hintz on January 26, 2010 - 11:04 am
I am a career coach for students and young people seeking admission to college, graduate schools and the workforce. My practice focuses on students learning how to optimally position themselves. I ask the question, “What unique strengths do you have to offer that this college needs?”
Lynn O’Shaughnessy has taken this question to a new level. I help my students understand that a key to college acceptance is communication of how their unique strengths can fill a school’s gaps (i.e., academic talent, diversity, athletic or artistic abilities). This book adds the financial element to that equation. A student’s ability to fill a college’s gaps not only drives acceptance, but influences a college’s financial generosity as well. This is a simple, intuitive concept that not many families recognize.
As families push their high schoolers to “stretch” themselves to apply to prestigious “reach” colleges, they are overlooking great educational opportunities. If you get into Ivy U by the skin of your teeth, and you feel like they are almost doing you a favor by letting you squeak in, you are unlikely to get any financial incentives for going there. But if you are bringing something special to Under Ivy U, and they really want you for the contributions you can make (i.e., freshman stats, sports, arts, academic potential), they might feel a little more like you are doing them a favor, and they’ll be willing to offer you a financial incentive to do so.
Simple, isn’t it? Thank you, Ms. O’Shaughnessy, for pointing out such a clear and brilliant principle. I suggest your book to all my students, and will continue to do so!
-Kris Hintz, wwww.positionu4college.com
Rating: 5 / 5