Hello, it's Corey Turner and welcome to this episode of our Life Kit on How to Pay for

College.

Now normally I co-host the Life Kit for Parenting podcast with Sesame Workshop and anybody

who's listened to that knows I have two young kids and I'm also my day job, I'm an

MPR education reporter who's had to cover the rising cost of college so when the folks

at Life Kit came to me and said hey, you want to do a guide on how to pay for college?

I was like, oh yeah.

Well I've now spoken with a bunch of student aid experts and former students and if I've

learned anything it's this.

The Student Aid Game of federal and private loans subsidized and unsubsidized grants and

scholarships, work studies, state aid, merit aid, cool aid, it all reminds me of this show.

I used to watch as a kid.

Hit or be hit the name of the game one on one, contender versus gladiator and in this

case for Tetla Page it's going to be terrible.

On American gladiators contestants had to complete these bruising tasks while bodybuilder

types with names like Nitro and Turbo picked them off.

It all felt so unfair, a system rigged against the little guy.

But then Turbo with his great expertise launches Ted off right at the buzzer.

Tell me this young man doesn't have a hard head.

I've got these overhand smashes.

Turbo lands right on this lad's noggin.

Ouch.

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