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Director of the Chapman journalism programand mother of four recent college gradsSusan F. Paterno leads you through the admissions process to help you and your family make the best decision possible.How is it possible that Harvard is more affordable for most American families than their local state university? Or that up to half of eligible students receive no financial aid? Or that public universities are rejecting homegrown middle and workingclass applicants and instead enrolling wealthy outof state students? College admission has escalated into a highstakes game of emotional and financial survival. How is the deck stacked against you? And what can you do about it?Susan F. Paterno, a veteran academic and journalist, answers these questions and more in Game On. Paterno helped her four very different kids navigate the application process to a wide range of colleges, paying for their fouryear educations on a finite budget. She incisively decodes the college admission industrythe consultants, the tutors, the rankers, the branding companies hawking advantageand arms you with the knowledge you need to make the system work for you.Youll learn how to narrow your focus, analyze who gets in and why, and look for the right financial fit before considering anything else, including geography, reputation, and, especially, ranking.Among the tools and insights in Game On: Why forty years of failed freemarket policies have led to skyrocketing tuition and historic levels of student debt Why applying to college has become a bewildering maze and how to find your way to a successful result Why college costs are more terrifying than you think How to read beyond the rack rate to negotiate the best financial package with the least debt Why merit is a myth, but merit aid is essential The difference between family debt and student debt and how to split itA playbook for the Hunger Games of higher education, Game On explains the anxiety, uncertainty, and chaos in college admission, explodes the myth of meritocracy, exposes the academys connection to Americas widening gap between rich and poor, and provides strategies to beatand reforma broken system.
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