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Portfolio
31 August 2010
"This book can save you more than $100,000.

These days, most people assume you need to pay a boatload of money for a

quality college education. As a result, students and their parents are

willing to go into years of debt and potentially sabotage their entire

financial futures just to get a fancy name on their diploma.

But Zac Bissonnette is walking proof that this assumption is not only

false, but dangerous-a class con game designed to rip you off and doom

your student to a post-graduation life of near poverty . From his unique

double perspective-he's a personal finance expert (at Daily Finance)

AND a current senior at the University of Massachusetts-Zac figured out

how to get an outstanding education at a public college, without

bankrupting his parents or taking on massive loans.

Armed with

his personal knowledge, the latest data, and smart analysis, Zac takes

on the sacred cows of the higher education establishment. He reveals why

a lot of the conventional wisdom about choosing and financing college

is not only wrong but hazardous to you and your child's financial

future. You'll discover, for instance, that-
* Student loans

are NOT a necessary evil. Ordinary middle class families can- and must-find

ways to avoid them, even without scholarships.
* College

""rankings"" are useless-designed to sell magazines and generate hype. If

you trust one of the major guides when picking a college, you face a

potential financial disaster.
* The elite graduate programs

accept lots of people with non-elite bachelors degrees. So do America's

most selective employers. The name on a diploma ultimately won't help

your child have a more successful career or earn more money.

Zac can prove every one of those bold assertions - and more. No matter

what your current financial situation, he has a simple message for

parents- ""RELAX! Your kid will be able to get a champagne education on a

beer budget!"""

By:  
Foreword by:  
Imprint:   Portfolio
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 213mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   268g
ISBN:   9781591842989
ISBN 10:   1591842980
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Zac Bissonnettewrote two acclaimed bestsellers before his 24th birthday-Debt-Free UandHow to Be Richer, Smarter, andBetter-Looking Than Your Parents. He has written fortheWall StreetJournal, theBoston Globe Magazine, theDaily Beast, and NYTimes.com,among others. Andrew Tobias was born in New York, attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School, and has written extensively for 25 years on subjects relating to money, business, and personal finance. He has received both the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism and the Consumer Federation of America Media Service Award. He lives in Miami, New York, and cyberspace.

Reviews for Debt-free U

If the National Association for College Admissions Counseling had anticipated the dire consequences of one of the smartest teenagers in America encountering the ill-examined assumptions of their profession, they might have found some way to buy him off, maybe a full ride scholarship to Harvard. Too late. Bissonnette is 21 now, a senior at the University of Massachusetts. He has written the best and most troubling book ever about the college admissions process. -Jay Mathews, The Washington Post Let Zac Bissonnette help you plan for college-where to go, what to study, and how to pay for it-and you will finish rich -David Bach #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late, Finish Rich In the new economy, your college choice is critical. Zac Bissonnette's Debt- Free U is the one book you need to make this life-changing decision-- thoroughly researched, smart, and funny. Grade: A+. -Ali Rogers, CBS Moneywatch. Author, Diary of a Real Estate Rookie With Bissonnette, college-bound students and their parents finally have an unbiased source to help make an educated decision about choosing and affording college. Not to mention, his advice can help you pocket tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. Want to make a smart investment in this economy? Buy Debt-Free U . -Farnoosh Torabi, financial expert and author of Psych Yourself Rich


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