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'How to Go to College Almost for Free' Super Camp

$69.95
Special Offer: 

Want a free book? Until this Thursday (July 29), get a FREE first-edition copy of Ben Kaplan's classic book, How to Go to College Almost for Free, when you purchase this camp. Just add the camp to your shopping cart and we'll ship you the free book (a $23.95 value). Better yet, you can get the camp for only $69.95—almost 60% off the $165 regular price!


We've got some big news:  Ben Kaplan is now available to be your personal scholarship, financial aid, and college admissions coach!

Here's how the camp works:  You start out by watching live streaming video of each "pajama workshop" session... including sessions on winning college scholarships, supersizing financial aid, slashing student loans, saving on related expenses, and getting admitted to your dream college or grad school.  
 
Then you complete easy-to-follow tutorials, ready-to-go forms, and helpful worksheets that guide you through each important college money task.  What if you still have questions about that special family financial aid issue?  Simply login to our campers-only group chat session to get answers directly from Ben.
 
By participating in the camp, you can potentially increase your college money resources by tens of thousands of dollars--and even get your dream college to roll out the red carpet for you.  Let Ben Kaplan personally show you how to make your college dreams come true!

Build a Financial Aid Vocabulary to Save Thousands in Tuition

Even Bluto knows that financial aid terminology need not be confusing!

For any college-bound family new to the financial aid game, one of the most frustrating aspects of the process is trying to understand the mind-numbing jargon:

"If your EFC on the FAFSA is substantially less than your EFC on the CSS Profile, then the FM may be much more favorable to you than the IM, unless the FAO uses the CA."

Believe it or not, the above sentence does, in fact, make sense. But to decode what it means--and then use this knowledge to boost your financial aid packages by many thousands of dollars--we first need to break down some of the inner workings of college financial aid.

Free College Courses Available Online

Free College Courses Available Online

Did you know that college and universities around the world post courses online that you can take for free?  Better yet, several websites exist that aggregate these courses, filter the best ones, and help you find subjects you're interested in learning.

Here are a few the leading college course websites:

How College Scholarships Can 'Show You the Money'

Say it again, Tom:  Show Me the Money!

In the 1990s movie "Jerry Maguire," a temperamental pro athlete demands that his agent, played by Tom Cruise, repeatedly shout out four simple words: "Show me the money!" And back in 1994, when I was a college-bound high school junior, it seemed as if every college I hoped to attend bellowed a similar demand: "Let's see the cash… No dough, no go!"

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