getting money for college in general

<p>im new to all this stuff and have been looking in threads but am confused.
Do you have to apply for scholarships?
After applying to college will they give you a scholarship based on applicant?
whats the best way to get money for college?(besides robbing a bank)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.finaid.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.finaid.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.finaid.org/students/checklist.phtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.finaid.org/students/checklist.phtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<li><p>Complete the FASA form send report to your schools</p></li>
<li><p>Complete individual schools financial aid forms</p></li>
<li><p>Complete the CSS Profile if required by your schools</p></li>
<li><p>Consentrate on local outside scholarships</p></li>
<li><p>Apply to several schools where you qualify for merit aid: a community college, a state school and a private LAC <a href="http://www.ctcl.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ctcl.com&lt;/a> which offers merit aid. Then to your dream schools.</p></li>
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<p>thank you soooo much for the help!</p>

<p>any other suggestions?</p>

<p>Yes, read a few books on the subject. Make sure they are the most recent editions, as there have been a lot of changes lately. A good one is "Paying for College Without Going Broke." Then ask questions here.</p>

<p>Here is a great ebook on <a href="http://ndu2134.bmhansen.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">how to pay for college without going broke!</a></p>

<p>You can get 'How to Pay for College Without Going Broke' from <a href="http://www.princetonreview.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.princetonreview.com&lt;/a>, get the 2008 edition which will be released in Oct/Nov 2007 so that you will have the most up to date info from completing your FASA and CSS Profile.</p>

<p>Look long and hard at the website for your college and your major. Sometimes scholarship forms are in these places and have deadlines that are on the website. My sons scholarship form was buried in the websire for his major. It was six lines long; it was for a full ride :)</p>

<p>Wow, you asked some pretty dumb questions there. Maybe you ought to reconsider this whole college thing.</p>