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Discounts and Deals at the Nation's 360 Best Colleges : The Parent Soup Financial Aid and College Guide | 
| Author: Bruce G. Hammond
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 479970
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 1582380309
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.30973
EAN: 9781582380308
Publication Date: August 20, 1999
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Product Description
From Parent Soup, the leading Internet parenting site, comes the only book that reveals how the financial aid process really works today and how savvy families can pay less at the nation's best colleges.
Bruce Hammond shows how discounts and deals can reduce the "sicker price" at top colleges nationwide--even for families who would not have qualified for need-based aid in the past. Since the Justice Department broke up financial aid collaboration among the elite colleges in 1991, and because of escalating competitive pressures, colleges now use financial aid to compete for students rather than merely to cover need. The relatively uniform system of aid that existed years ago is gone, replaced by one in which aid varies depending on the school's resources and its place in the market. Combining financial aid information with a detailed guide to the nation's 360 best college, the book reveals: which collegs offer the best need-based aid, which colleges give the biggest merid scholarships, how to qualify for scholarships and discounts, when and how to negotiate for a better aid package.
Discounts and Deals at the Nation's 360 Best Colleges cuts through the confusing world of financial aid with no-nonsense advice and insider lists and rankings. It is an indispensable resource for parents and students as they enter one of the most important times in their lives.
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 Very Useful Information July 6, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book allows you to zero in on a college that gives out scholarships. Merit scholarships are the most plentiful and this book outlines what each college expects and also gives the amounts each college will award. Most other scholarship books I found a waste of time and money. This book does need to be updated though.
 Adequate information for anxious college hopefuls June 22, 2001
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Overall the book was comprehensive enough in the sense that it covered about 360 summaries on individual colleges and the types of unique financial aid that they offer. It also acts somewhat in part as a college guide because the author separates the colleges according to the most competitve, the highly competitive, and the competitive ones while also listing their individual acceptance rates. There is also significant info on FAFSA and PROFILE forms and a history on the federal government's policy on giving financial aid. The only thing that I warn potential readers is that the deadlines listed regarding the colleges are dreadfully outdated in many of the universities included here. Also, it would've been helpful if he had included the average financial aid package per college or the address of the college just for reference. This is a pretty sufficient book though for those who want to get the whole scheme of things and a little bit more, and for those who want to get a head start on the financial aid game. When I applied for financial aid to my colleges, I always had this book handy - so the money spent in buying this was overall not wasted.
Very helpful! March 22, 2000
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a precise, insightful reference for people seeking relevant information in readable form about the complex topic of financial aid. It has been a popular resource among our high school seniors. Highly recommended!
A canny hybrid of lists, resources and pithy profiles September 8, 1999
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
This book is divided roughly in half between a savvy analysis of recent trends in college finance and financial aid and thumbnail sketches of over 300 of the top colleges and universities in the country. The balance seems about right. When one's eyes begin to glaze over from the sheer volume of acronyms and hair splitting definitions of "need-blind" and and other terms of art, one can always flip to the college profiles and read a refreshingly frank exposition on, say, the difference between Wesleyan, Amherst and Williams. The fact that no one description exceeds one paragraph makes for exceptional doctor's office or short sit reading.
Comprehensive Financial Aid book August 8, 1999
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was impressed by the amount of information in this book. Wish it had been published last year when we were going through the admissions process. It is a book I will highly recommend to my online parents group who have students in the college admissions process. It is great to have a book that addresses school specific scholarships.
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