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| Sallie Mae How to Pay for College: A Practical Guide for Families (Sallie Mae How to Pay for College) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe
Publisher: Supercollege, Llc
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1008977
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1932662316
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.30973
EAN: 9781932662313
ASIN: 1932662316
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Condition: Edition: First Edition; Brand New - No Remainder Mark
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 Book maybe good; watch out for Sallie Mae October 30, 2008
It's good to get info on financing college. I haven't bought this book. Read the book but don't get a Sallie Mae loan. You need to read the online reviews of all the people trying to payoff their Sallie Mae loans. It is terrifying. I wish I knew before hand. I would have tried to get another type of loan or use my credit card to pay for it. Found out too late.
 Helpful January 28, 2007
This book was a little helpful and we did learn a lot from it. For the price it is worth the money. So if you have a HS Senior, its worth the investment
Necessary read August 29, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was very educational and hard to put down. Very useful
information. Highly recommend it to anyone with kids going to college in the next couple of years.
A "must-have" for every prospective college student who isn't independently wealthy March 11, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Collabortively co-authored by Gen Tanabe and Kelly Tanabe, How To Pay For College: A Practical Guide for Families is a no-nonsense guide sponsored by the "paying for college company" Sallie Mae, which is well known for the award-winning CollegeAnswer.com website dedicated to providing parents and students with answers to questions about the college process. Written in plain, no-nonsense terms, chapters instruct the reader about how the financial aid process works, how to choose the best financial aid package and what to do if it's not enough, where to find the best scholarships for one's income levels, the best way to save for college including choosing the right 529 savings plan, how to avoid financial aid scams that steal one's money (one red flag is that only scammers will "guarantee" a scholarship for a fee, as legitimate scholarships are based solely on merit and need), and much more. An in-depth resource filled with up-to-date advice, that walks the reader through the basics of filling out forms and exhorts how easy it is to learn about the newest scholarships on the world wide web. A "must-have" for every prospective college student who isn't independently wealthy.
Earns a Permanent Spot on my Bookshelf November 23, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've been a college counselor for 15 years and each year I'm responsible for helping 200 seniors find the right college. I have witnessed many changes in admission but by far the most difficult challenge today is helping families pay for the great colleges that their children get into. What good is it to get into a college if you can't afford to go? This is why I was particularly interested in this book when one of my colleagues gave me a copy to review.
Over the years I have read hundreds of books on college planning. Of those only a very small percentage make it into my permanent collection of useful references. This book not only made it into my collection but I consider it to be the "best of the best."
Why? Because it honestly lays out the challenges of paying for college faced by most families and then systematically presents realistic solutions. The authors do not present their solutions in a dogmatic fashion but give the reader all of the options to let the individual family choose the best solution for their situation. This is very important since many books give cookie-cutter solutions, which just do not work in the real world.
Is it ironic that one of the best books on paying for college comes from Sallie Mae - a provider of student loans? Maybe. But the fact remains that Sallie Mae has put together a terrific resource. You won't find "plugs" for loans. In fact, you get just the opposite. The book makes it clear that loans are your last option and it encourages you to find scholarships, apply for financial aid, and perhaps the most underappreciated way to pay for college - save money. The one chapter on student loans is very informative and like the rest of the book presents options rather than directs you into a preconceived direction.
"How to Pay for College" earned a permanent place on my bookshelf and I recommend it to the students and parents at my school.
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