The Best Financial Aid Guide Books 2025

1. Free $ for College for Dummies, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - Demystifies the scholarship selection process Write winning essays and get financial aid Need money for college? This simple, straightforward guide shows you how to find scholarships, grants, and other free money to use toward your college expenses. You get expert advice on applying for federal grants, participating in state tuition plans, competing for scholarships from private organizations, and more - with tips on avoiding scams, completing your applications on time, and finding financial aid from unlikely sources. The Dummies Way * Explanations in plain English * Get in, get out information * Icons and other navigational aids * Tear-out cheat sheet * Top ten lists * A dash of humor and fun

Free $ for College for Dummies, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

2. Money-Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews: Insider Strategies from Judges and Winners [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. There are many college scholarship guides that direct students toward available awards, but they overlook two factors crucial to obtaining those awards: crafting a great essay and acing the interview. This book includes 30 winning essays and detailed analyses of what made them effective, as well as 12 essays that bombed. Also provided are sample interview questions and answers, strategies for successful interviews, and tips for overcoming nervousness. The judges? and applicants? round tables offer inside information about the qualities that award organizations are seeking in candidates. Tips on how to use reference materials, the Internet, personal connections, and community resources round out this comprehensive guide.

Money-Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews: Insider Strategies from Judges and Winners, Used [Paperback]

3. A+ PC Maintenance and Troubleshooting Field Guide: Exam Cram 2 [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. The A+ Certification Exam Cram 2 PC Technician's Field Guide is a concise reference for PC technicians that allows you to spend more time getting your job done. The A+ Certification Exam Cram 2 PC Technician's Field Guide gives you quick, easy access to the installing, configuring, troubleshooting and repair information on the Windows operating system and PC components and peripherals that you need while on the job. For A+ candidates, this book will provide the solid troubleshooting and repair information that you will find helpful as a supplemental resource in your exam studies.

A+ PC Maintenance and Troubleshooting Field Guide: Exam Cram 2 [Paperback - Used]

4. Paying for College without Going Broke, 2008 Edition (College Admissions Guides), Used [Paperback]

As the cost of college steadily increases, paying for it requires insider strategies to maximize financial aid and minimize college costs.Paying for College Without Going Broke 2008is thoroughly revised and updated to take the stress, confusion, and guess-work out of applying for financial aid. The only book to include the latest financial aid forms and lists of annual changes in tax laws, it also shows students and their parents how to calculate their aid eligibility before applying to college and plan ahead to improve their chances of receiving aid. The book also includes advice on how to negotiate with financial aid offices, handle special circumstances (for single parents or independent students), and receive educational tax breaks. It is a must have for anyone concerned about the soaring costs of college tuition.

Paying for College Without Going Broke 2008, Used [Paperback]

5. Scholarships 2011, Used [Paperback]

"Kaplan Scholarships 2011" provides all the facts families need to know about more than 3,000 scholarships including financial data, duration, eligibility, requirements, and complete application and contact information. Original.

Scholarships 2011, Used [Paperback]

6. The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Completely revised with updated descriptions, contact information, websites, and available monies, this guide to financing higher education is the only resource students need to fund their pursuit of knowledge. Balancing detailed explanations with real-life examples and practical resources, the featured topics include finding and winning scholarships, requesting a reassessment from colleges for more financial aid, maximising assistance from state and federal governments, taking advantage of educational tax breaks, and benefiting from government-subsidised student loans. Creative strategies -- such as starting profitable dorm-room enterprises, trading tuition costs for volunteer service, and cancelling debts with loan repayment programs -- help students find extra money when more traditional routes are exhausted. The provided tips are designed for students of all ages and levels and their parents.

1001 Ways to Pay for College : Practical Strategies to Make Any College Affordable, Used [Paperback]

7. CliffsNotes Graduation Debt: How to Manage Student Loans and Live Your Life [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Graduation Debt is different from the competition because it provides a step-by-step road map for effectively managing student loan debt and having a successful financial life. Yet, it's completely positive. The focus is less on sacrifice and more on not wasting money, so readers can live better lives while paying off debt. The book's content is divided into small subsections geared toward those neck-deep in student debt. The brevity of each section makes the book digestible to those who aren't inclined to focus on their finances. Readers are encouraged to take action steps such as finding long lost student loans that may have gone into default, discovering payment plans they can afford, consolidating loans when it makes sense to do so, saving money on eating out and groceries, improving credit scores, tweaking their debt-to-income ratios that's needed to buy a home, discussing their student loan and non-student loan debt with their significant others. By the end of the book readers will be on the road to managing all their debt and having extra money for vacations and other fun stuff, too.

Graduation Debt : How to Manage Student Loans and Live Your Life, Used [Paperback]

8. Winning Money for College, 3rd ed [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. The high school student's guide to top college scholarship contests.

Winning Money for College, 3rd ed [Paperback - Used]

9. How to Go to College Almost for Free, Updated [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Make your educational dreams come true Worried about how to pay for college? Afraid of drowning in a sea of student debt? Sure, Ben Kaplan once felt that way too. But that was before he discovered that there are billions of scholarship dollars out there for students with all types of interests, skills, and backgrounds. After winning enough college cash to cover virtually the entire cost of his dream school, he's written an indispensable guide that shows you how to stake your own scholarship claim. Now in this fully revised and updated edition, Ben distills his proven step-by-step game plan that positions you to win big money for college -- regardless of your age, GPA, financial situation, or family background. With humor and insight, he reveals insider secrets for successfully finding, applying for, and winning lucrative scholarship awards -- empowering you with the information, inspiration, and know-how to afford the college of your choice and realize your educational dreams. Special Note: As a valued reader of this book, you also receive access to the Coach's Locker Room at Ben Kaplan's ScholarshipCoach.com website. The Coach's Locker Room provides a wealth of bonus material, updates to information contained in How to Go to College Almost for Free, question and answer postings, and other helpful resources.

How to Go to College Almost for Free, Updated, Used [Paperback]

10. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Financial Aid for College, 2nd Edition [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Paying for college these days can take more planning than ever before, which means that parents and students need even more help and guidance than they once did. Navigating today's confusing sea of Pell Grants and income protection allowances can be tricky, so it's important to start early and investigate all your options. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Financial Aid for College , Second Edition, helps you find your way through the maze of options.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Financial Aid for College, Used [Paperback]