Published 11/14/2019
With the release of their new book, Better Off After College:
A Guide to Paying for College With More Aid and Less Debt, Sabrina Manville
and Nick Ducoff bring together the useful advice they have been giving families
and students since they founded college counseling service Edmit. They review college costs, need-based
and merit-based financial aid, and the process of deciding where to apply and
which admissions offer to accept. Better Off After College also features
comments on saving for college from Forum co-Managing Partner Nirav Batavia.
Sabrina
explained why Nirav adds much needed perspective to the conversation: “We were
thrilled to have Nirav share his advice for our readers. He's been a friend and
advisor to Edmit and an active contributor to our blog. A lot of
information about this topic is vague or hard to understand and Nirav's is the
opposite — his practical and actionable guidelines give a clear sense of how
families can proceed and make their decisions according to what's right for
them.”
A regular contributor to Edmit’s blog, Forum co-managing
partner Nirav Batavia has written about the benefit
of 529 plans and the importance of understanding how much to save for college.
There are times when parents must choose
between saving for their retirement and a child’s college expenses. In the
book, Nirav reviews questions that parents should answer to make an informed
decision about saving for college, starting with whether it is prudent to save toward
a child’s education.
Why Sabrina and Nick Wrote the Book
Sabrina and Nick have been writing together since they
started Edmit. Before founding Edmit, Sabrina served as an assistant vice
president at Southern New Hampshire University and Nick served as Vice
President of New Ventures at Northeastern University.
The lack of transparency around college pricing prevalent in
today’s educational landscape led them to focus on the growing issues of rising
education costs and how families can make smart college choices. They wrote Better
Off After College because today’s students must focus on more than school
size, campus life, college majors and what will happen during college, they
must truly comprehend that there could be a significant amount of student debt for
which they will be responsible after graduation.
Although the cost of a college degree continues to increase
each year, students can still find ways to make their college choice work for them.
Sabrina said, “College is one of the best investments we can make — it just
doesn't pay off equally for everyone. We're helping people avoid the pitfalls
and position themselves for a successful future.”
About Edmit
Edmit’s mission is to help families be better off after
college, reducing debt and improving outcomes for students and their families.
The Edmit algorithm compares colleges by using a variety of data to produce
tuition estimates based on college characteristics and individual student data.
For more information, visit www.Edmit.Me or
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Twitter or Facebook.
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