FAP882: Cutting college costs, free stuff challenge, saving money

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Weekly Financial Aid News Roundup
+ No gift cards this holiday season!
+ State of the student loan industry
+ How to cut college costs up to 50%
+ Part 2 of reducing college costs
+ Next week I release a public beta of our Scholarship Search Secrets eBook version 5!

Scholarship Update
+ Tonight is the drawing for the Student Loan Network $10,000 scholarship!

Mail Bag
+ How much should you put on the FC for the CSS profile?

Public Service Announcement
+ VOTE on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 – I don’t care who you vote for, but vote.
+ Not sure where to go? Google Maps will help you.

Free Stuff Friday
+ Poladroid
+ Infant formula
+ Dunkin Dark
+ Your free stuff mission from now until New Year’s Day
+ None of this stuff will cost you money, but lots of it can be used by someone else – infant formula by shelters, coffee by homeless programs
+ Get free stuff whether you need it or not and donate it!
+ For the election, for iPod Touch and iPhone, Vote Report
+ No iPod/iPhone? Use Twitter!
+ iPhoto to GMail
+ A preview of the November read-a-thon giveaway

Free Song of the Week
+ Ingrid Michaelson, Be OK

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Reminders

+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook
+ Free college scholarships contests!

+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com
+ Graduate student loans
+ Private student loans
+ Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA tutorials and free help
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.