1000 Best Smart Money Secrets for Students (1000 Best) [Paperback]

Fowles (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1402205481 | ISBN-13: 978-1402205484 | Publication Date: August 1, 2005

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Expert Debby Fowles shows you:

Before College
-Nine little-known places to look for scholarships
-13 tips for winning scholarships
-Maximize your eligibility for financial aid
-17 secrets to save money on college housing

At School
-Creative ways to control entertainment costs
-12 cash-generating ideas
-Textbook websites that will save you money
-The secrets of successful budgeting
-8 warnings about student loans
-Get the best jobs on campus

Avoid graduating from school with a mountain of debt!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up–Aimed at aspiring college students and their families, this book offers great practical money-saving and earning ideas. Topics include managing a student loan, maximizing eligibility for financial aid, and understanding and controlling credit-card use. The suggestions presented are brief–often six to eight lines long–and are numbered from 1 to 1000. The section on saving money on clothing and laundry alone will recoup the cost of the book. Some sound advice is also offered on reducing the cost of a spring-break vacation and travel in general. The book is well organized and makes for worthwhile reading, but may appeal more to parents than to students. A great gift for graduating seniors.–Kathleen A. Nester, Downingtown High Ninth Grade Center, PA
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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402205481
• ISBN-13: 978-1402205484
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,339,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Should be requried reading for all college students..., September 25, 2005

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Troy A. Hester (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1000 Best Smart Money Secrets for Students (1000 Best) (Paperback)

A good place to find freelance money making opportunities particular to college students (...). This book also shows you where to find unbelivable student discounts. Good financial aid resources as well. Many tips and tricks that will show you how to make money, stay out of debt, and start saving now.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointed, June 27, 2011

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This review is from: 1000 Best Smart Money Secrets for Students (1000 Best) (Paperback)

1000 secrets? To be honest, I didn't find any secrets. I found about 10 generic ideas that were each repeated with slightly different words 100 times. (Here are the top 4: spend less! don't pay fees! buy things cheap! interest adds up!) Maybe that's effective with some 17 year olds but it made me feel like I wasted my money on this book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Smart Money Secrets for Students, September 30, 2007

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Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1000 Best Smart Money Secrets for Students (1000 Best) (Paperback)

College students need as much help as possible in order to secure the
requisite financing for advanced studies. This work provides 1000 ways
to pay for college. i.e.
o work study
o becoming a student assistant
o blood donation
o applying for federal student financial aid
o tutoring
o [...] (scholarships)
o sewing clothing instead of buying new
o shop clothing at the clearance rack
o resident assistants get free housing
o State Universities can be cheaper
o purchase used texts from upper classpeople

This text could be extremely helpful in navigating the financial
aspects of college and university life.