DebtFree U, Andrew Tobias
DebtFree U, Andrew Tobias
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Debt-Free U
How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents

Author: Andrew Tobias, Zac Bissonnette

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 9 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/24/2010


Synopsis

This Audio 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 financial futures just to get a fancy name on a diploma.

But Zac Bissonnette is walking proof that the assumption is not only false, but dangerous. From his unique double perspective—he’s a personal finance expert (at AOL Money & Finance) AND a current senior at the University of Massachusetts—Zac figured out how too get an outstanding education at a public college, without bankrupting his parents or taking on loans.

Armed with his personal knowledge, the latest data, and smart analysis, Zac takes on the sacred cows and conventional wisdom about choosing and financing college. 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 nonelite bachelor’s degrees. So do America’s most selective employers.

Zac can prove every one of hose bold assertions—and more. He has a simple message for parents: “RELAX! Your kid will be able to get a champagne education on a beer budget!”

About Andrew Tobias

Andrew Tobias is the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestsellers Fire and Ice and The Invisible Bankers. He cohosted the PBS series Beyond Wall Street and has been a regular contributor to Time, Esquire, New York, and Parade magazines.


Reviews

I was excited for this book because it's written by a very recent college grad who was able to pay for school without loans, scholarships, and help from his parents. I was immediately disappointed, therefore, to see that the book was addressed to parents (um, what about those of us who, like the aut......more

Goodreads review by David

If you limit yourself to just one book on planning for college find something else. There are some practical ideas here but nothing I haven't seen before in much better books. The author is simply too forceful, unctuous, obnoxious and hyperbolic for my taste. Plus he occasionally carts out tired conm......more

Goodreads review by AJ

Any parent or student needs to read this before starting their college planning. Reading it even if already in college will benefit. The horrendous skyrocketing student debt enlavement in the U.S. is a national tragedy. Read this for an education in how to avoid it.......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

This is THE book that every single parent needs to read well before they ship their kid off to college. If you're a prospective student (or current student), and you don't want to depend on your parents to make all your financial decisions, then you need to read this as well. I was on a plane to Aust......more