RIC EDELMAN founded the nation’s largest financial planning firm, is recipient of two Lifetime Achievement Awards, appeared on Oprah five times and was once the answer to a New York Times crossword puzzle. He’s the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 14 books and, for four decades, one of America’s most trusted voices on personal finance.

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• PrefaceWill College Set Your Teenagers on a Lifelong Path of Success, or Will It Ruin Their Life? ixWho Should Read This Book xvChapter 1 The Benefits of Getting a College Degree 1Chapter 2 The Perils of Going to College 15Chapter 3 People Loved College, Way Back When – These Days, Not So Much 21Chapter 4 So, Should College Be Your Goal? 25Chapter 5 If You Choose to Pursue a College Degree, Here’s the Goal You Need to Set 35Chapter 6 In Truth, College Is Really About Lifestyle 39Chapter 7 The Cost of College 55Chapter 8 The Most Important College Choices You’ll Make 63Chapter 9 How to Minimize the Cost of Getting a College Degree 77Chapter 10 The 12 Biggest Mistakes Students Make 95Epilogue College Is Out – Lifelong Learning Is In 17720 Conversation Starters to Help Adults and Teenagers Talk About College 181Glossary 189Sources 193Acknowledgments 223Index 227

RIC EDELMAN founded the nation’s largest financial planning firm, is recipient of two Lifetime Achievement Awards, appeared on Oprah five times and was once the answer to a New York Times crossword puzzle. He’s the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 14 books and, for four decades, one of America’s most trusted voices on personal finance.

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• PrefaceWill College Set Your Teenagers on a Lifelong Path of Success, or Will It Ruin Their Life? ixWho Should Read This Book xvChapter 1 The Benefits of Getting a College Degree 1Chapter 2 The Perils of Going to College 15Chapter 3 People Loved College, Way Back When – These Days, Not So Much 21Chapter 4 So, Should College Be Your Goal? 25Chapter 5 If You Choose to Pursue a College Degree, Here’s the Goal You Need to Set 35Chapter 6 In Truth, College Is Really About Lifestyle 39Chapter 7 The Cost of College 55Chapter 8 The Most Important College Choices You’ll Make 63Chapter 9 How to Minimize the Cost of Getting a College Degree 77Chapter 10 The 12 Biggest Mistakes Students Make 95Epilogue College Is Out – Lifelong Learning Is In 17720 Conversation Starters to Help Adults and Teenagers Talk About College 181Glossary 189Sources 193Acknowledgments 223Index 227

RIC EDELMAN founded the nation’s largest financial planning firm, is recipient of two Lifetime Achievement Awards, appeared on Oprah five times and was once the answer to a New York Times crossword puzzle. He’s the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 14 books and, for four decades, one of America’s most trusted voices on personal finance.

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• PrefaceWill College Set Your Teenagers on a Lifelong Path of Success, or Will It Ruin Their Life? ixWho Should Read This Book xvChapter 1 The Benefits of Getting a College Degree 1Chapter 2 The Perils of Going to College 15Chapter 3 People Loved College, Way Back When – These Days, Not So Much 21Chapter 4 So, Should College Be Your Goal? 25Chapter 5 If You Choose to Pursue a College Degree, Here’s the Goal You Need to Set 35Chapter 6 In Truth, College Is Really About Lifestyle 39Chapter 7 The Cost of College 55Chapter 8 The Most Important College Choices You’ll Make 63Chapter 9 How to Minimize the Cost of Getting a College Degree 77Chapter 10 The 12 Biggest Mistakes Students Make 95Epilogue College Is Out – Lifelong Learning Is In 17720 Conversation Starters to Help Adults and Teenagers Talk About College 181Glossary 189Sources 193Acknowledgments 223Index 227