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About College Gold

FastWeb's College Gold is the step-by-step guide to paying for college. Learn how to build a complete package of scholarships, loans and federal student aid. This book will help you develop your plan, apply for financial aid, scholarships, grants and loans and put all the pieces together. Let FastWeb's College Gold help you to figure out how to cover the costs of college one step at a time.

Mark Kantrowitz is the go-to source for help when navigating the Byzantine world of financial aid. He clarifies everything you need to know to secure the best aid package possible. And he demystifies that quest for the Holy Grail of college financing - free money. — Jeanne Sahadi, Senior writer, CNNMoney.com

News and Events

Pension Protection Act of 2006 passes Senate: The favorable tax treatment of college savings plans has been made permanent.
Dr. Keith Jepsen offers high praise for FastWeb's College Gold: Quote from Dr. Keith Jepsen, former Director, Financial Aid, New York University.
FastWeb College Gold is the #1 best selling Financial Aid book on Amazon!: Amazon lists College Gold as the top selling book in the Financial Aid category.

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Press and Media

College Gold endorsed by Ronald Johnson of UCLA: Ronald Johnson, Director of Financial Aid at the University of California, Los Angeles, offers his endorsement and quote after reading FastWeb's College Gold.

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About the Authors

Mark Kantrowitz: Mark Kantrowitz is the Publisher of FinAid.org, the leading source for unbiased and clear financial aid information, the Director of Advanced Projects at FastWeb, the most popular and complete scholarship resource available, and is the President of MK Consulting Inc.
Doug Hardy: Doug Hardy has worked as an editor, writer and editorial manager for more than 25 years at major media companies including Random House, The New York Times Magazine Company, and AT&T New Media. Doug is General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Monster Careers.com, authoring three books with Monster founder Jeff Taylor.

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Updates & Errata

Page 144:: Target Corporation discontinued the Target All-Around Scholarship Program in May 2006. The Start Something scholarship program is continuing.

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