Paying for college shouldn't be harder than going to college! PAY LESS FOR COLLEGE: The Must-Have Guide to Affording Your Degree gives you the power to:Navigate financial aid with confidenceTake control of college costsGet more free money (grants and scholarships)Save tens of thousands of dollars Authors Elizabeth Walter and Debra Thro were concerned about the abundance of confusing, conflicting, and misleading college financial aid information that exists, how stressful college financial planning can be, and how so many families are blindsided by the amount of money they must come up with when college financial aid letters arrive. There had to be a better way. After extensive research, Walter and Thro sifted out the most meaningful and relevant, but often hidden, financial aid information that is invaluable to every college-bound family. Packed with easily digestible tips, charts, graphs, and worksheets, this no-nonsense book reveals a host of strategies families can use to save real money in overall college costs.