The College Help Guide is Here to Help You Through Every Step from Choosing Your School, Finding Financial Aid, Filling Out Your Applications, Studying for and Getting the Scores You Want on the SAT Tests, Loans, Grants, College Scholarships, Savings Vehicles for Parents, Making Money at College, Playing Sports in College, Living on Campus to Just About Everything Else You Will Need to Know About College!"

No-one Told Me About That ………. Until Now!

Dear Future College Student

Congratulations in taking on the challenge of getting ready for college and all that is involved with this life changing experience!

If you are going to college then this is a must read book on what to expect during some of the most important years of your life. It is a complete guide that covers every topic when it comes to getting into college, surviving and making the most of your college years as well as preparing you for many of the pitfalls that students encounter.

This is the Ultimate Guide to Making Your College Years Some of the Best of Your Life. This book strives to cover every aspect of college and to help you prepare for what may confront you. It also sets out to dispel many of the myths and mysteries associated with getting into college, your applications, financial aid, college life and more.

Going to college can be one of the most memorable and exciting periods in your life. But how memorable it turns out to be depends on how well prepared you are to take on this life changing experience.

Can We Really Prepare Ourselves for College? Yes - Absolutely! We can prepare ourselves by gaining scholarships, grants or some other form of financial aid thus easing the financial burden. We can also develop an idea of what to expect by listening to the stories and experiences from those students who have already been to college. We can also educate ourselves on all aspects pertaining to college life.

However, there will be, as in life, some “unexpected” experiences that will occur that cannot be foreseen. This is what makes college a life changing and rewarding experience.

This Guide Prepares You in Many Ways for College by Addressing Some of the Issues that You Can Control. With good preparation you can be better informed before you arrive at college and subsequently able to make better decisions based on what you will learn in this book.

For a Small Investment in This Book You Will be Able to Avoid Many of the Common Pitfalls of College. You will be equipped to make informed decisions on choosing your college, preparing and succeeding on the SAT Tests, submitting successful applications, what to study, what classes to take, how to live in a college dorm, whether to play a sport in college, how to survive the holidays, how to obtain financial aid, how to better protect yourself and much more!

Why Was This College Guide Written?

However, the goal with the “College Help Guide” was to provide an informative guide that covers all of the important issues for students going to college as well as providing you with hundreds of valuable resources that will save you time and money in trying to find them yourself. We Want You to See the “Big Picture” Which Will Ultimately Lead You Towards Making Better and More Informed Choices.

Throughout this book you will encounter topics that you may have overlooked when considering college or you may re-think again about an issue that you have already passed over. Our goal with this book is to help you better prepare for college and thus increase the likelihood of you having a positive and rewarding experience during your college years.

The Goal of this College Help Guide is to:

Provide information that will help you understand and obtain financial aid

Help you with your college applications

Provide you with valuable resources that will save you money and time

Prepare you for life in college

Identify the steps in selecting and applying to the college of your choice

Assist parents in the college process

Identify the common pitfalls of college

Assist athletes with scholarships and the recruitment process

Help you graduate from college

Assist in the transition from high school to college

Choose the best form of accommodation for you

Give you an insight into college life

Give you tips on selecting your school

Save you money!

Inform you of the potential problems that are common to college students

Prepare you for all that awaits you!

Be the complete college guide that is user friendly and easy to read!

Much Much More ……

This is indeed your Ultimate Guide to College Success with over 330 Pages Full of Valuable and Time Saving Tips about everything you could possibly want and need to know about college!

This College Help Guide will save you time and it will expose you to many options that are available to you when it comes to getting that financial aid you require to go to college! You will find out ways to get your own slice of the Billions of dollars that is being offered each and every year to college bound students. If you don't know about it you could be losing thousands of dollars in free money!

Say goodbye to all of those wasted hours spent searching the internet for answers to your college questions. It's all right here in the most comprehensive college help guide ever put together!

How Much Is Your Time Worth To You? Life is just too short to spend years learning what many have already learned through trial and error as well as from experience. Why not save yourself the time by learning from someone who has already been there and done that. This is why the "College Help Guide" has been developed and created – to save you time, money and stop you suffering unecessary bad experiences in college that you could have prevented!

This College Help Guide Could Be the Most Important Book You Read in Your Entire Life! Because if you get it wrong you may just be paying off your college expenses for the rest of your life!

The College Help Guide has taken every known asked question about college and answered them in this guide. In fact there was so much to answer that it has taken three eBooks to get all the information to you. Sure you could spend many hours searching the internet for a lot of this information; however, we have done that for you and put it altogether right at your finger tips! You will literally save a lot of money and precious time in not having to search for answers to common questions about college.

Who is this College Help Guide for?

High School Students

Parents of a student who is going to college

International students

Student – Athletes

Sports Coaches

College advisors

Resource guide for high schools

Non – traditional students

Sports recruiters and agents

And anyone else wanting to know about college ….

College Help Guide 1 - Getting into College

(eBook 1 - 85 pages)

Here is Just a Sample of What You Will Find in This Guide:

Learn everything you should know about getting into college, the SAT tests, college applications and much more!

Life as a college student– what are some of the common challenges that you will face.

Find out about the different types of colleges, universities, community colleges, private colleges, public schools and all educational institutions.

If you go to college you need to know about the various college titles and hierarchy. The College Help Guide will enable you to understand the college structure.

Learn about all of the key factors you must take into account when choosing your school. Our checklist will provide you with the boxes that need to be checked prior to deciding on what school is best for you. The wrong choice of school can be a traumatic experience.

See why college tours and visits to your school can be the deciding factor in the selection of your school. You will learn about what you need to look for while touring the campus, what questions you "Must" ask and find out some of the hidden tricks your tour guide will pull in order to sell their school to you!

Are you making the most common mistakes when planning for school?

We will take you through all you need to know about college tests such as the SAT Test, ACT Test and much more.

How do you register for the SAT test?

How many times and when should you take the SAT Test?

When are the SAT exams offered?

What is the format and structure of the SAT Test? How best can you prepare for the test to ensure you get the scores you want.

How do they score the SAT and what do I need to get into my school of choice?

What is the PSAT?

What if i didn't graduate High School - Can I still go? Yes, we will tell you how!

What is the ACT, TOEFL, GMAT, GRE?

Learn the successful tips for test day that you can easily follow step by step!

What are your options for preparing for the SAT such as online course, tutors, practice exams …..

It's all about college applications. Don't fill out that application until you have read our tips and advice for submitting successful applications. What to include, what you should never include and when should you send in your applications?

And Much More...............

College Help Guide 2 - Financial Aid - Let's Talk Money!

(eBook 2 - 66 pages)

Here is Just a Sample of What You Will Find in This Guide:

Learn about all of your financial aid options for college and where you can find out more about each one on the internet.

Do you want FREE money? Then find out how you can get a piece of more than 100 Billion dollars in financial aid!

What is need–based financial aid? What is merit–based and non–need based financial aid. Which category do you fall in?

What is the all important FAFSA about? And see how filling out this FAFSA correctly could be your ticket to getting thousands of dollars in financial aid.

When should you apply for financial aid? If you get the date wrong you may just miss out on the lot!

What are the FREE resources available to you on the internet?

Find out how to fill out those important forms so you can give yourself the best chance of getting some money. What other documents must you have and what information is required when you fill out the FAFSA. What if you make a mistake?

What is the EFC and how will this determine how much money you receive!

Find out about your other options for receiving financial aid if your EFC is not pointed in your favor.

SAR – What important information does this give you and how can you use it? How can my college of choice receive this SAR form? What if I change my mind or require more copies to be sent to other colleges later on?

My parents are divorced so who fills out the FAFSA? Find out …..

Find out how to check up on the status of your SAR without calling anyone!

Are you an independent? How does this affect how much money I can receive? What criteria determine if I am an independent or not?

Search through our tips on obtaining financial aid. If you can save money up front then you can use that money saved on other essential items required for college.

What can you do if you do not receive the financial aid you need?

What is a grant? Do I have to pay it back? How can I find out what grants I am eligible for and how do I apply for them?

What is a Pell Grant, FSEOG grant, Institutional grant, state grant and how can I get one?