<p>The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price (2nd Edition) is at Amazon free for Kindle today.</p>
<p>I don't know if it is any good, but for free, we'll read it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip! Nice that the book is within my budget!</p>
<p>FYI, for others - you don’t need a Kindle to download and read Kindle books.</p>
<p>If it is the same person that does the blog, she is really good about discussing finances and reading common data sets.</p>
<p>Thanks Longhaul!</p>
<p>Can you somehow download a Kindle book & read it on a Nook? </p>
<p>college_query: if you don’t have a kindle, where do you download to? Laptop? phone app?</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip! How did you find this? Is there a section on Amazon for books that are free for the day on Kindle?</p>
<p>Rob - Kindle has free phone apps or you can download to your computer. I have a Mac so I know that would be an app as well. I’m not sure if it’s an app on a pc, but there’s something compatible.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip Longhaul!!</p>
<p>RobD, I use Calibre to change the Kindle format to one compatible with a Nook, then sideload it.</p>
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<p>Amazon discussion groups in the Customer Community section that do usually list the free books. However, I find it cumbersome to get to the forum and to scroll it.</p>
<p>I was alerted to this book via Facebook, Hoagies Gifted post.</p>
<p>Rob D - I don’t know how to read it on Nook, but we download to the laptop as well as our phones.</p>
<p>Just checked with my Hoagies Gifted friends – It is also available free on Nook right now</p>
<p>Crap! I already paid full price for the paper version earlier this year. :(</p>
<p>Sweet! Thanks Longhaul, just downloaded it to my Nook :)</p>
<p>Just downloaded it–THANKS!!</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads up.</p>
<p>Thank you Longhaul!</p>
<p>Wow! This is a long read but very detailed and informative. Thumbs Up!</p>
<p>Thumbs up might be a bit much. The book reads like a series of Oped and poorly researched journalistic efforts a la Jay Matthews and WaPo education writers. The target is obvious, namely people who are totally clueless about college admissions. There are numerous books that have been better researched and more accurate than this one. </p>
<p>I’d rate it a 4/10, mostly because it was free. And that is generous. At any price, it would be a 2/10.</p>
<p>Xiggi:</p>
<p>I must respectfully disagree. The book is excellent and I use it all the time. I find it one of the best on college financial issues and how to find merit money. This past weekend I attended a workshop put on by the author and all the parents in attendance agreed it was excellent. The author covers an area not talked a lot about by local high school counselors. She has helped numerous families find academic and financial fits. </p>
<p>The author use to be the financial editor of our local newspaper. She writes nationally on financial issues. I know the author did a lot of research into the subject and constantly talks to colleges and other experts in the field. I highly recommend the book.</p>
<p>Finally got a chance to read it last night and have to agree that it is worth it, especially for parents that don’t spend every waking hour on CC. Her financial aid advice and examination of schools based on merit aid versus need-based aid is clear and her admission advice highlights all the hot button issues that are debated ad nauseum within these forums. </p>
<p>It is the same advice that I have been able to receive from CC without all the ludicrous and contradictory advice that plagues us here on occasion. She also highlights how to use the raw data to make decisions so all applicants aren’t tied to USNWR. </p>
<p>After all, most of us start out clueless about college admissions and at least this book addresses the topics that are (or should be) important to parents. Silly to show disdain for the very people that we all hope to help by sharing knowledge on CC.</p>
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<p>Are the parents able to judge the soundness of the advice? They attend the workshop because they … do not know. </p>
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<p>So? None of the above makes her an expert or a good author. I wrote that she approached the book as a series of OPEDs and articles produced by journalists. That works for basic information for the masses. She might have done a lot of research, but she is also showing her limitations by mostly reaching the wrong conclusions on anything that actually requires more than a modicum of understanding the issues. </p>
<p>It’s a paint by the number book that is both remarkably lengthy and shallow. It is also poorly written, again showing a reporter style. Put it in the category of Zac Bissonnette and Ferguson’s Crazy U. At least, Crazy U had the merit of not taking itself too seriously and be well-written.</p>