Confusing. Stressful. Complicated. These are the most common descriptors my students use when we first start the conversation about paying for college. 

And that’s totally understandable, since “How to FAFSA” and “Scholarships 101” aren’t classes offered at most high schools. 

Thankfully, those are precisely the things you can learn about here.

My name is Amanda Miller, and I’ve written this guide to do on a mass scale what I’ve been doing in person for years: connecting students to the opportunities they didn’t know they were missing.

While understanding everything that goes into college affordability is quite a feat, the basics of successfully paying for college can be boiled down to four steps.

By the end of this guide, you’ll know how to... 

• find and apply for scholarships efficiently and successfully

• determine which colleges are most likely to be affordable for you

• apply for grants with minimal stress (#FAFSA), and

• make sense of your financial aid award letters so you can make an informed decision about your college costs

Sounds doable, right? Good. Because it is. You can do this.