With the internet so key for today’s information, nationally recognized author and speaker Gordon Wadsworth taps the internet with his financial guide for parents of college bound students. Economists predict the cost of attending state colleges will soar to $120,000 by 2015. Currently over $40 billion in student loan debt has forced many former students into financial bondage or even bankruptcy. The College Trap offers creative ways to pay for college and stay out of debt, and includes hundreds of internet links activated via an exclusive website. * Ways to maximize acceptance at the college of your choice * College loans that become grants * The key that opens the scholarship door * How distance education can work for you * Loan forgiveness at $10,000 per year * How to rate financial aid packages * Uncle Sam’s best-kept scholarship secret * Alternative funding programs * Safe internet links to scholarships and grants With four appendices containing easy-to-use budget forms, tax credit information, state grant addresses, and a complete list of Robert C. Byrd scholarship locations, student’s will have everything they need to avoid the college trap.
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“The College Trap is a must-read for all students who desire a college education
without the massive debt associated with student loans.”
Andy Stanley, Senior Pastor, North Point Community Church
without the massive debt associated with student loans.”
Andy Stanley, Senior Pastor, North Point Community Church
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Author Bio: An accomplished speaker and author, Gordon H. Wadsworth is the President of Financial Aid Information Services. He majored in journalism at the University of Iowa before graduating from San Jose State University. Wadsworth regularly conducts seminars for high school students and is a veteran Crown Financial seminar instructor. The College Trap is Wadsworth’s third book following two other successful titles, Debt Free College and Cost Effective College.
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Great info for students and parents seeking to go to college,
This review is from: College Trap, The: Webbased Financial Guide for Students and Parents (Paperback)
This book is unique. It presents you with reality if you decide to study with loans, but it also give you alternatives if you already are in the college trap. For those seeking to go to college, it gives you colleges alternatives and ways of finding money. It also contains many web sites for most of the topic discussed.
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