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Check out your mom and/or dad’s places of employment. It is not uncommon for businesses and corporations to include in their employee package some scholarship money for workers’ children. Ask your parents to read through their employee handbooks again or just ask some questions. Who knows what hidden benefits your parent will find?

I hope you’re convinced by now that just as colleges will happily take students with less-than-stellar grades and test scores, so will they just as happily take students who do not come from the wealthiest families. Financial aid is a huge part of college admissions and one that often means you can get that education you once told yourself was way out of reach. It’s time to start an all-new conversation with yourself. Try something along these lines: “Hey, colleges really DO like me, and my family really CAN afford it now. So, what am I waiting for?” There you go.