The Path to College, Pt. 2: Paying for It (Ep. 110)

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Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

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4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2016

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Loans, scholarships, grants, the FAFSA... paying for college can be complicated. This episode goes over all the details, as well as how to make it cheaper. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Sunk cost fallacy Listen Money Matters (my other podcast) Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some Professions Community college grads out-earn bachelor's degree holders 39 Ways to Cut the Cost of College ISU's monthly payment plan option FAFSA FAFSA Income Estimator What you need for the FAFSA FSA ID Are you independent or dependent on the FAFSA? Perkins vs. Stafford loan How To Win Scholarships (Ep. 34) FastWeb Scholarships.com BigFuture by The College Board Cappex - looking for Zinch? Looks like it got bought by Chegg, and is no more. Sorry! Confessions of a Scholarship Winner The True Cost of Student Loans Vsauce number video Bankrupting student loans with credit cards? Peace corp and student loans Deferring student loans Income-driven repayment plans Direct loan consolidation Sofi - student loan consolidation Parents: Think Hard Before Borrowing for, With Your Student Finding a Part-Time Job in College (Ep. 67) 529 College Savings Plans Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey it's Thomas Frank. I've just got a quick note for you before we get into the show.
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0:30.1	Head over to the Enforium.com nebula to sign up now. Welcome to the College Info Beat Podcast. My name is Thomas Frank and this is a show that helps you become a more effective student.
0:46.3	And I'm here once again with my friend Martin.
0:48.9	What's up, dude?
0:49.9	YOLA.
0:50.9	Yo.
0:51.3	So we are heading right into part two of our Path to College series and part
0:58.0	one if you didn't listen to it yet was about getting into college if you happen to be
1:01.7	one of I would assume the majority of our
1:04.8	listeners who were in college maybe that episode wasn't for you but we wanted to
1:08.0	get it in place as like one piece of the puzzle there and this episode is going to be on paying for college. Now if
1:15.0	you're already in college I think this episode will be a little bit more applicable
1:18.6	to you than the last one was. It's definitely going to be applicable to anybody
1:22.3	who is not in college yet and who's planning on going but we're going to get into some details on
1:27.7	Scholarships loans grants payback options for loans and making college cheaper in the first place.
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