1. How to pay for college if you don’t have the money`

2. School Choice 2 Year schools small colleges
Look at cost of financial aid package

3. Career Choice
High demand occupations-see handout.

4. Buying Used Books
borrowing
buying
renting
reselling

5. Military Benefits
ROTC
Guards
Reserves
Active Duty

6. Summer Job
Job choice
actually saving some of the money

7. Job During School
Work study
Off campus
Start your own small business?

8. Sell the Wheels
Tough as it may be, you might have to...

9. Parent’s Household Budget
With you gone, they’re bound to save money on groceries etc.

10. Future Gifts in Cash
Birthdays
Christmas
Graduation ?

11. Scholarships Apply early and often-- “nothing worth having is easy”
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
― Theodore Roosevelt t

12. Loan Forgiveness Programs
Health Care
Teach
Smart
Public Service Loan Forgiveness

13. Online Colleges
Less Overhead Costs

14. MOOC’s and Online Courses
Massive Open Online Course
Certificate Programs

15. Cooperative Ed. Internships some with pay possible job opportunities
Practical Application-Great for resumes

16. Program Sponsorships
Mostly Vo-Tech (i.e. John Deere, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Case-IH
Specific Companies who need highly skilled and trained employees

17. Employer Subsidies
Employers who value you
Worker shortages

18. Live at home
Room and board is $8,000 a year-do the math!

19. CLEP out of Classes
Study up and test out!

20. Get to know profs. and watch dept. posts and boards
Grant opportunities
Scholarships
Research assistantships
All the way through College...