{"product_id":"the-price-you-pay-for-college-an-entirely-new-road-map-for-the-biggest-financial-decision-your-family-will-ever-make-isbn-9780062867315","title":"The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of 2021 by NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Masterly . . .represents an extraordinary achievement: It is comprehensive and detailed without being tedious, practical without being banal, impeccably well judged and unusually rigorous.”—Daniel Markovits, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Ron Lieber is a gift.”—Scott Galloway \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hugely popular New York Times Your Money columnist and author of the bestselling The Opposite of Spoiled offers a deeply reported and emotionally honest approach to the biggest financial decision families will ever make: what to pay for college—a decision made even more confusing because of the Covid-19 pandemic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSending a teenager to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Meanwhile, many families of freshmen attending selective private colleges will spend triple—over $300,000. With the same passion, smarts, and humor that infuse his personal finance column, Ron Lieber offers a much-needed roadmap to help families navigate this difficult and often confusing journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieber begins by explaining who pays what and why and how the financial aid system got so complicated. He also pulls the curtain back on merit aid, a new form of discounting that most colleges now use to compete with peers for their ideal students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile price is essential, value is paramount. So what is worth paying extra for, and how do you know when it exists in abundance at any particular school? Is a small college better than a big one? Who actually does the teaching? Given that every college claims to have reinvented its career center, who should we actually believe? This comprehensive guide asks the tough questions of college presidents and financial aid gatekeepers that parents don’t know (or are afraid) to ask and summarizes the research about what matters and what doesn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, Lieber calmly walks families through the process of setting financial goals, explaining the system to their children and figuring out the right ways to save, handle student loans, and bargain for a better deal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Price You Pay for College gives parents the clarity they need to make informed choices and helps restore the joy and wonder the college experience is supposed to represent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you turn an overwhelming process into an empowering one?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFinancial Aid Explained:\u003c\/b\u003e A clear breakdown of who pays what and why, decoding the FAFSA and the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) so you know exactly where you stand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMerit Aid Demystified:\u003c\/b\u003e Go behind the curtain on the discounting system most colleges use to compete for students, and learn when a “scholarship” is really just a coupon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEvaluating College Value:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the tough questions to ask college presidents and financial aid officers about what’s truly worth paying extra for—from teaching quality to career centers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Family Financial Strategy:\u003c\/b\u003e Learn the right ways to set goals, talk to your children about money, and confidently save, borrow, and bargain for a better deal on one of life’s biggest expenses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“If you have a teen headed for college in a few years, you literally can’t afford to skip this candid guide by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e' 'Your Money' columnist Ron Lieber. He grills college presidents and financial aid gatekeepers to answer all your biggest questions about the right ways to save, borrow and bargain for a better deal.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudrey Goodson Kingo, Working Mother Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Aims to provide parents and students financing their own way with the information they need to make more informed, financially sound goals and decisions.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A deeply reported, conventional-wisdom-busting guide to a subject that many of even the most financially adept and prepared individuals find terrifying. The book arrives at a moment when families are re-scrutinizing the price schools charge for tuition; how much debt students take on, and what exactly is worth the money and why.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An impressively thorough and genuinely useful manual for people staring up the sheer cliff of college tuition payments . . . It also contains an implicit analysis and critique of higher education as a system, by acknowledging the inequities that exist at every level from recruitment to admissions to financial aid. It’s a how-to book that will also make you think, 'But why?'\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eThe Price You Pay for College\u003c\/em\u003e] outlines higher education pricing dynamics with painstaking care and clarity. . . . Lieber offers an essential guidebook for helping each student to find their path forward.  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Lewis, Head of School, The Gunston School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lieber helps families navigate this all-important financial decision by pulling back the curtain on the financial aid system and asking tough questions of financial aid gatekeepers. The end result is a book that helps families determine what they \u003cem\u003evalue—\u003c\/em\u003ea metric even more important than the sticker tag of college.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbes (9 College Admissions Books for the Post-Pandemic Era)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lieber’s explanation of the system is probably the best I’ve seen from somebody outside it. 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