Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, orMooching off My Parents-Fast Shipping

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These days, most people assume you need to pay a boatload of money for aquality college education. As a result, students and their parents arewilling to go into years of debt and potentially sabotage their entirefinancial futures just to get a fancy name on their diploma.

But Zac Bissonnette is walking proof that this assumption is not onlyfalse, but dangerous-a class con game designed to rip you off and doomyour student to a post-graduation life of near poverty . From his uniquedouble perspective-he’s a personal finance expert (at Daily Finance)AND a current senior at the University of Massachusetts-Zac figured outhow to get an outstanding education at a public college, withoutbankrupting his parents or taking on massive loans.

Armed withhis personal knowledge, the latest data, and smart analysis, Zac takeson the sacred cows of the higher education establishment. He reveals whya lot of the conventional wisdom about choosing and financing collegeis not only wrong but hazardous to you and your child’s financialfuture. You’ll discover, for instance, that:

* Student loansare NOT a necessary evil. Ordinary middle class families can- and must-findways to avoid them, even without scholarships.

* College”rankings” are useless-designed to sell magazines and generate hype. Ifyou trust one of the major guides when picking a college, you face apotential financial disaster.

* The elite graduate programsaccept lots of people with non-elite bachelors degrees. So do America’smost selective employers. The name on a diploma ultimately won’t helpyour child have a more successful career or earn more money.

Zac can prove every one of those bold assertions – and more. No matterwhat your current financial situation, he has a simple message forparents: “RELAX! Your kid will be able to get a champagne education on abeer budget!”