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Explore innovative strategies to cover college costs: from considering 2-year schools and military benefits to working a summer job or starting a small business. Discover options like online courses, employer subsidies, and grants to make education affordable.
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School Choice • 2 Year schools • small colleges • Look at cost of financial aid package
Career Choice • High demand occupations-see handout.
Buying Used Books • borrowing • buying • renting • reselling
Military Benefits • ROTC • Guards • Reserves • Active Duty
Summer Job • Job choice • actually saving some of the money
Job During School • Work study • Off campus • Start your own small business?
Sell the Wheels • Tough as it may be, you might have to...
Parent’s Household Budget • With you gone, they’re bound to save money on groceries etc.
Future Gifts in Cash • Birthdays • Christmas • Graduation • ?
Scholarships • Apply early and often-- “nothing worth having is easy” “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” ― Theodore Roosevelt t
Loan Forgiveness Programs • Health Care • Teach • Smart • Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Online Colleges • Less Overhead Costs
MOOC’s and Online Courses • Massive Open Online Course • Certificate Programs
Cooperative Ed. • Internships • some with pay • possible job opportunities • Practical Application-Great for resumes
Program Sponsorships • Mostly Vo-Tech (i.e. John Deere, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Case-IH • Specific Companies who need highly skilled and trained employees
Employer Subsidies • Employers who value you • Worker shortages
Live at home • Room and board is $8,000 a year-do the math!
CLEP out of Classes • Study up and test out!
Get to know profs. and watch dept. posts and boards • Grant opportunities • Scholarships • Research assistantships • All the way through College...