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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 415862" data-attributes="member: 389">As far as cost of attendance and colleges go, my son received a $4k academic scholarship from a South Dakota school for this fall.&nbsp; Along with a $1,090 Pell grant and a $1k private scholarship, that's $6,090 off of the advertised $21k cost of attendance.&nbsp; Like I told my boy, you will likely never make as much money per hour as you can through scholarship applications.&nbsp; If he spent 40 hours on his scholarship applications (which he didn't), that would be right around $150 an hour.&nbsp; Not a bad return on time invested for an 18 yr old.&nbsp; One thing is for sure, the FAFSA is a lot simpler to fill out now as a parent than it was when I was an older than average student putting myself through college.&nbsp; The other, private scholarships can be a bit of effort to locate and apply for, but again...if you do it right the $$ per hour earned is pretty damn nice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 415862, member: 389"] As far as cost of attendance and colleges go, my son received a $4k academic scholarship from a South Dakota school for this fall. Along with a $1,090 Pell grant and a $1k private scholarship, that's $6,090 off of the advertised $21k cost of attendance. Like I told my boy, you will likely never make as much money per hour as you can through scholarship applications. If he spent 40 hours on his scholarship applications (which he didn't), that would be right around $150 an hour. Not a bad return on time invested for an 18 yr old. One thing is for sure, the FAFSA is a lot simpler to fill out now as a parent than it was when I was an older than average student putting myself through college. The other, private scholarships can be a bit of effort to locate and apply for, but again...if you do it right the $$ per hour earned is pretty damn nice. [/QUOTE]

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