Description: College Financial Aid for African Americans is a smart, informative, and fun guide for black students and their parents. Whether they've been saving for years, or never gave it a thought until the applications came due, every family will benefit from the information in this guide. Included are an overview of the costs of college, options for funding college, and advice on how the "family contribution" is calculated. Parents and students will get help picking the right school and understanding the different sources and types of financial aid. Financial aid officers comment on common mistakes and we've even included case studies of applicants to show the right and the wrong approaches to securing aid. College Financial Aid for African Americans will stay with families even after those four years and help them learn the best ways to pay off whatever debt they might have accumulated in the pursuit of a college education.

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