Paying for College

College Aid Hard to Navigate for Immigrants' Kids()  

Ricky Zhang

May 27, 2005 Ricky Zhang of Youth Radio is the son of Chinese immigrants. His parents don't speak English, so when it came time to fill out financial aid forms and scholarship applications, he was on his own.

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Making the College Scholarship System Work()  

Rebecca Perez

May 24, 2005 As much as $100 million in private scholarship aid goes unclaimed each year. Freshman Rebecca Perez tapped into some of those funds to pay the pricey tuition for Stanford University.

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Q&A: Advice on Paying for College()  

May 23, 2005 Paying for college is a daunting endeavor for most families. For advice on what parents and students can do to help finance the cost of higher education, NPR.org turned to financial aid experts Kenneth Redd and Kal Chany.

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