Want to really cut the cost of going to college? It's simple: do your work in high school and make good grades. Take AP classes, study for the SAT/ACT, go to community college the summer before you move to university, and get As and Bs in high school. Then find a lower-cost school that rewards hard work. It worked for ...more

There are a few different ways you can ensure that you'll be admitted to at least a local college, but a lot of students in high school don't realize that they can't waste time not doing their work. You start working on college admissions the minute you start the ninth grade, period. In high school (and this was just t...more