How to pay for college without breaking the bank

Everyone tells you that college is worth it. Not every tells you the real secret: College doesn’t have to cost you so much—but you have to make smart decisions about how to get financial aid and what kinds of aid will be best for you.

Don’t download this guide if you’re not ready for a good dose of reality. Because here’s the real truth: college is expensive and funding isn’t easy, but that shouldn’t stop you. If you want money, you’ll earn it through research. It pays to do all the reading and paperwork, though. If you do it, you’ll have funding opportunities other people don’t.

Ready for 23 pages of real talk? Download this ebook now. In it, we answer questions like:

• How do so many people afford to get degrees?
• Why do I keep hearing about $1,000s in unclaimed scholarships? Can I get in on that?
• What is work-study and can anyone do it?
• What are the differences between private loans, unsubsidized loans, and subsidized loans?
• Is a Pell grant really just free money?
• When it comes to merit-based aid, what the differences between large and small scholarships (and why might I want to go for the small ones)?