Finding Free Money for College

By Cora May Waldorf

Are you attending college or are you going to be attending college within the next few years? You are off to a great start looking for ways to pay for it. The farther away college is for you, the better.

College is very expensive. It would be great if we could be paid to go to college, but that's not how it works. Some colleges cost so much you couldn't pay for them if you worked full time and used all your money to pay for it.

One way to cut down costs is to go to a cheaper school. If you went to a community college first for two years and than transferred to your favorite more expensive school, you spend a lot less and still get that degree from the other school.

There are lots of people who would never go to a state school because, well, I have no idea. Unless you are extremely smart and need to go to an Ivy League college, the cost of a college will not decide it's prestige or value of it's degrees. I'm sorry to break it to you, but it means nothing.

Aside from going to a cheaper school, there are other ways to make money for college. Of course, you can start saving. This is best for people who are farther away from college. Instead of blowing all your part time income on junk, save it and save money on college.

Now for the free stuff. You can get money for college without saving. The main way to do this is to get scholarships and grants for your college education.

You can apply for all kinds of scholarships. There are so many. You just need to qualify and fit the criteria, and if you are chosen, you could win the scholarship.

Ask your guidance counselor for more information on local scholarships and sign up for a scholarship website. You can get a lot of money through scholarships. Maybe you could even get a full ride?

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