COLLEGE EDUCATION COSTS ARE HIGH! Some Solutions... Problem--A Higher Education Cost Crunch In today's fast-paced, highly technical society, the need for education beyond High School is growing. Now, more than ever, "anyone who has only his energy to sell on the labor market is coming to have nothing to sell." Moreover, recent inflationary trends have helped the cost of a college education sky-rocket by from 44 to 66% over a ten-year period. Other expenses are growing, too! So, many young people are choosing only the colleges they can afford, instead of selecting a school which can best prepare them for their chosen career. Solution--More Information, SOONER Second Tassel Scholarship Services offers computer-assisted services to help YOU learn how to pay for your own college education. A recent survey by the American Legion's Education and Scholarship Program found that an estimated $4 BILLION is available to qualified students in the form of scholarships, loans and work-study programs. Unfortunately, the people who control this money probably don't know that you exist--YOU have to find them and apply for their funds. That's where Second Tassel Scholarship Services can benefit you. With the help of our advanced computer technology, we can discover those scholarships for which you qualify. We can also help you learn about qualifying for student loans and work-study programs at the schools you are really interested in attending. Besides, we can provide you with some ideas and methods to help you develop a strategy for doing your best to use some of the $4 BILLION to pay for your own education. Planning--Where to Start Second Tassel Scholarship Services offers two ways to begin learning about paying for your own college education. Both services work best for High School Juniors and Seniors, but may also be useful to College Freshmen and Sophomores. Some parts of the programs overlap, but many students will get the most benefits by using both approaches. 1). The Scholarship Search is a computer print-out of up to 25 scholarships for which you qualify, based on your answers to our Student Data Form questionnaire. This report includes the name and address of the source of each scholarship and the maximum amount of each scholarship. It also tells you which of your unique interests or attributes make you eligible. If we fail to find five scholarships for which you qualify, we will send you the report, anyway, and promptly refund the fee for The Scholarship Search to you. 2). The Planning Report is a computer-generated manual for use as the basis for planning your financial strategy for attending the college from which you really want to graduate. It not only includes a list of the financial aid you might qualify for at three college of your choice, but also tells you how much money you might expect through student loans and gives you a starting point to begin thinking about work-study programs and part-time work. In addition, several chapters are devoted to describing state and Federal loan programs and the deadlines you must meet to qualify for them. Some suggestions are made about how to improve your chances for getting the most from these programs. Doing--Fill out the Questionnaires Other parts of this .arc file are the Student Data Form, for ordering The Scholarship Search, and the College Financial Planning Questionnaire, for ordering The Planning Report. There is also a set of instructions to help you understand each questionnaire. Please print all of these files and read them carefully before writing in the answers in ink. When you have answered ALL of the questions, make a check payable to "Second Tassel Scholarship Services" and mail the questionnaires and the check to the address shown. We cannot accept charge cards. If you are ordering both services at the same time, please note that we have included a discount coupon. -30-