The College Solution A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price

For the 99% of families whose kids aren't going to Harvard, Lynn O'Shaughnessy's The College Solutionis the #1 guide on choosing and paying for the right college. Now, O'Shaughnessy has completely updated this best-seller to reflect massive recent changes in college financing. O'Shaughnessy shows how to slash college costs today and how many students can still go to "private" for virtually the cost of "in-state public." This brand-new Second Edition reveals how to use new government-mandated online price calculators to make more intelligent cost projections than ever before. O'Shaughnessy explains dramatic changes in the student loan landscape, offering up-to-the-minute advice for getting the right loan, and avoiding the wrong one. She presents up-to-the-minute "industry secrets" about how colleges really parcel out financial aid and how even "average" students can get more of it. Families will learn how to use colleges' extensive new Facebook presences to evaluate schools more effectively… what every parent of an athlete must know about athletic scholarships… and how to make sure a college actually delivers the knowledge and skills it promises. O'Shaughnessy integrates this crucial new information into her easy-to-use, proven roadmap for getting past the ratings, and finding the right program at the right price. No other book offers this much practical guidance on choosing and paying for college now and no other book will save you as much money!

Lynn O’Shaughnessy is a nationally recognized higher-ed author, journalist, and speaker. She writes frequently about college issues for CBS MoneyWatch and for her own popular college blog at TheCollegeSolution.com.

 

Lynn has written or been interviewed about college for such media outlets as Money Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Fox Business News, Huffington Post, Parade Magazine, CBS This Morning, USA Today, and US News & World Report. She is the consulting director of college planning, K-12, at the University of California, San Diego Extension. She also is a frequent speaker on how families can find and afford great schools. Lynn’s daughter is a recent college graduate and her son is a college sophomore. Lynn is a graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism.