Find a College That Fits Your Finances: Don't wait for the acceptance letter to consider the cost

摘要

TYPICAL SCENARIO FOR PARENTS OF a high school senior: Your student identifies a half-dozen colleges he'd like to go to. He spends long nights and fraught weekends filling out applications. The whole family waits anxiously for the acceptance letters. In the spring, he gets accepted to the school he likes most. Then you realize you'll have to scrounge to afford the price of admission, if you can afford it at all.