1136: Saving Money on College by Dawn Starks of SimpleMoneyPro on Education Savings Plans & Alternative Schooling

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🗓️ 19 April 2020

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Dawn Starks of SimpleMoney shares her thoughts on saving money on college. Episode 1136: Saving Money on College by Dawn Starks of SimpleMoneyPro on Education Savings Plans & Alternative Schooling Dawn Starks has been a financial planner for over twenty years. Her aim with financial planning work has always been to simplify things for clients. Making concepts easier to grasp and less scary is the goal. Dawn's SimpleMoney project - the blog, podcast, and soon-to-be courses and book is a co-project with her husband Greg. The original post is located here: https://simplemoneypro.com/blog/saving-money-college/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	This is Optimal Finance Daily episode 1136 saving money on college by
0:35.6	Don Starks of simple money pro.com and I'm your host and narrator of the show my
0:40.9	name is Dan and welcome to another Sunday edition of optimal finance daily hope you are having a terrific weekend and I'm going to keep this intro nice and short for you so let's get right to our post as we start optimizing your life.
0:55.0	Saving Money on College
0:58.0	by Don Starks of Simple Money Pro.com
1:02.0	It's undeniable. College education is expensive.
1:06.0	As a parent, I have spent the last nine or so years thinking, researching, and saving in anticipation of this future cost.
1:14.0	This post isn't about traditional ways to save through scholarships or what sort of loans to pursue.
1:19.0	Instead I want to share some less orthodox ideas I've formulated to cut the cost of a higher education.
1:25.5	Here's what I would tell a high school senior about the realities of college, assuming he or she
1:30.0	would listen.
1:31.2	Attend Community College First. In the late 1980s when I attended college
1:36.3	attending a community college first would have been a heretical notion
1:40.0	for university-bound students. At that time, Community College was considered a place for those unable to go to a real college.
1:47.2	I'm not endorsing this idea, but merely remembering the perceptions at that time.
1:51.6	My experience with Community College back then included taking two
1:54.6	summer school classes to get some general education classes out of the way.
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