Comments on: “How to go to College Almost For Free” review http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-to-go-to-college-almost-for-free-review/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dawn http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-to-go-to-college-almost-for-free-review/comment-page-1/#comment-50773 dawn Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:40:11 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-to-go-to-college-almost-for-free-review/#comment-50773 I think the scholarship application process, rigorous as it is, is definitely worthwhile if it reduces your child's post-graduation debt. I was very fortunate in receiving a variety of grants and scholarships along with loans and my own personal savings. But it's been many years since i graduated from college, and since that time, it seems tuition costs have skyrocketed much faster than the cost of many other things. I recently wrote a story comparing what exactly you get for your money when you attend an Ivy League school (I used Dartmouth College in NH in my example) with first year costs approaching $50,000, versus what you get when you attend a state university (in my example I used Keene State College, also in New Hampshire) with first year costs for in-state students of just $16,000. What I found is that a lot of the higher costs of college today have more to do with keeping kids entertained when they're NOT studyng. I think the scholarship application process, rigorous as it is, is definitely worthwhile if it reduces your child’s post-graduation debt. I was very fortunate in receiving a variety of grants and scholarships along with loans and my own personal savings.

But it’s been many years since i graduated from college, and since that time, it seems tuition costs have skyrocketed much faster than the cost of many other things.

I recently wrote a story comparing what exactly you get for your money when you attend an Ivy League school (I used Dartmouth College in NH in my example) with first year costs approaching $50,000, versus what you get when you attend a state university (in my example I used Keene State College, also in New Hampshire) with first year costs for in-state students of just $16,000.

What I found is that a lot of the higher costs of college today have more to do with keeping kids entertained when they’re NOT studyng.

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