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Don't Miss Out:
The Ambitious Student's Guide to Financial Aid

33rd Edition
By Anna and Robert Leider

Please Note: A new edition of this book is published each September.


Don't Miss Out cuts through all the red tape.  It teaches you where the money really is and makes sure you get your fair share! 

With clear prose, and irreverent humor, Don’t Miss Out is always the first to spot new trends and go after questionable advice. Best of all, Don't Miss Out is written entirely from the viewpoint of parents and students, showing you how to:

  • Lower expected contribution to college costs.
  • Get the most money possible from federal, state and collegiate resources.
  • Eliminate costly application mistakes.
  • Separate financial aid myths from financial aid reality.
  • Eliminate cash flow problems.
  • Simplify short- and long-range planning strategies.

Don't Miss Out contains all the worksheets necessary to estimate family contribution to college costs for the 2009/10 school year. If you work with many students, we offer companion software as well.

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208 pages/ISBN 1-57509-125-9

September, 2008/$13.00


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