Steps you can take now to avoid college sticker shock later
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Long before you take your high schooler on college campus tours, consider this: Shopping for college shouldn’t be any different than shopping for a home. When you want to buy a home, you come up with a range of how much you can afford and get pre-qualified for a mortgage. Then you look in neighborhoods that offer homes that meet your family’s needs and fall within your price range.
“Adopt a mindset that we’re buying college like we’re buying a house,” said Beth Walker, author of “Buying College Better” and “Never Pay Retail for College.”
As a financial adviser and certified college planning specialist, Walker tries to help families avoid a situation that many find themselves in at the 11th hour: Their child applies — and gets into — schools they cannot afford because the schools won’t give them enough aid.
And then they just … try to make it work, no matter how much debt is involved for the parents or the student.
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Research Assistant @ Grand Canyon University | IT and technology
3moCTFU you do realize I didn't skip any school. I taught myself. From a child and until I was able to apply for a federal student loan dumbass