Send Your Baby to College: How to Get $13,120 with $2.00 A Day

Tips and Tricks to Saving for College

Zach Golt
College kids are complaining about paying back their loans. There was a special on news about a girl that graduated from the university of Florida (one of the most renown colleges in the state of Florida) and she had 119,000 (out of state) dollars worth of debt. She graduated and she is working as an administrative assistant and living back at home with her family. She feels helpless and defeated. Her job pays 40,000 dollars a year and she doesn't know what to do. Don't let this be your child. Help your kid with college and start saving up the very day they are born. Help your child with their college fund by putting $14.00 dollars a week into a savings account. That's $2.00 a day from your pocket. If you put $2.00 a day into a savings account for your child every day until the age of 18, you will be able to send them to college with 13,140. That's thirteen thousand dollars that you can help them out with. Two dollars a day is great, but if you can put more than that each day you'll be on a great track to sending your child worry free freshman year.

It is already hard enough to figure out how much money a dorm/apartment, food, books will cost. Books are also expensive. In the state of Florida they have bright futures. Bright futures is a scholarship that is funded by the Florida Lottery. When some one wins the lottery a portion of their winnings goes into education. If your child gets a straight A's (GPA of 3.5-4.0 or higher) in high school they could be eligible for 100% of the college tuition paid in full until they day they graduate. This is a great program in the state of Florida. Scholarships are also good to apply for. I got a scholarship that paid 10,000 dollars to my university each year for my schooling. A full-time student has 12-15 credit hours and the total tuition amounts to 1,500.00- 1,800 a semester (in-state).

If you keep your child on track in school they will have access to so many opportunities. Look for state opportunities like Bright Futures in your state. Collegeboard.com is a good website to look up colleges and see how much it will total for your baby to go to college.

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