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
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Product Description
This is the first book to explain the new reality of financial aid-in which scholarships, discounts, and deal-making reduce the sticker price at even the best schools. The book uses a unique two-part format to take parents through the financial aid maze. Part I: The Aid Process is the most up-to-date financial aid guide available, explaining how to find and make the best deals and how to review competing aid packages. Part II: The Colleges lists which colleges give which kinds of aid and scholarships, and gives a descriptive essay on each of the 360 best colleges in the US.
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 Comprehensive Financial Aid book August 8, 1999
MiamiU72@aol.com (Kathy) (CT)
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.
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.
Very helpful! March 22, 2000
Susannah (Cleveland, OH)
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!
 Adequate information for anxious college hopefuls June 22, 2001
Christine P (Henderson, Nevada United States)
14 out of 14 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.
A canny hybrid of lists, resources and pithy profiles September 7, 1999
15 out of 17 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.
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