| "body"> | | | | that list with you. Together, you should |
| Top Ten Schools According To The Princeton | | | | cross-reference your list of special characteristics |
| Review | | | | against scholarships that require your special |
| A recent survey of students by the Princeton | | | | characteristics. Who knows? If you are awarded a |
| Review determined these schools to have the best | | | | scholarship, you could end up paying a very low price |
| academic bang per buck spent: Marlboro College, | | | | for a very high priced university. |
| Lake Forest College, University of North Carolina at | | | | State School Does Not Equal Bad School |
| Chapel Hill, Grinnell College, Brigham Young University, | | | | Perhaps you, like the residents of North Carolina, |
| New College of Florida, Knox College, Grove City | | | | have a university in your state that is excellent. |
| College, Rice University, and Truman State University. | | | | Though you might feel drawn to moving away for |
| Across the board, students gave these schools high | | | | school because "that's what everybody does," since |
| marks because of great academic experiences that | | | | we're on the topic of best bang for your buck, let's |
| they offer as well as affordability. So why not just | | | | think about state schools for a moment. As long as |
| apply to these schools and call it a day? Well, now | | | | you're a resident of the state for the required |
| that they've been blessed by the Princeton Review, | | | | amount of time, a state school is not going to take |
| one assumes they will remain as excellent in | | | | many of your bucks. Now what about bang? Here's a |
| academics and as affordable in terms of tuition, but | | | | secret about college education: yes, faculty members |
| one also assumes that their applicant pool will multiply | | | | will have a big impact on you, but ultimately, what |
| overnight, multiplying the level of difficulty for even | | | | you get out of college is up to you, and what you |
| great students to get in. | | | | put into it. If you go to a state school with an |
| Scholarships Help You Get More Bang For Your Buck | | | | attitude that you are going to get everything out of |
| Instead of limiting to yourself to the top ten | | | | the curriculum it has to offer and earn all A's while |
| bang-per-buck schools, why not try to defray the | | | | you're at it, you will graduate from college with little if |
| cost of your education at other schools that you | | | | any student debt and a GPA that will have |
| might be interested in? What makes you a stand-out | | | | employers and graduate schools chasing after you. |
| student? Make a list of all of your accomplishments, | | | | Now that sounds like pretty good bang per buck, |
| all of your affiliations, all of your activities. Make an | | | | doesn't it? |
| appointment with your guidance counselor, and bring | | | | |