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"Financial Aid eBay" Winners Set Off Scholarship Bidding Wars
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A recent announcement by Cornell University may be the just what is needed to get students and parents to understand one of the worst-kept secrets in the college financial aid world: Students who get into several competing colleges usually get more scholarships than those who focus on just one "dream" college.

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Kim Clark, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report, used loans, scholarships, grants, fellowships, savings, earnings, and generous contributions from her family (thanks, Mom, Dad, Grandpa and Grandma!) to fund study at four different universities. She even managed to graduate from two of them. She’s been researching and writing about the best ways to raise college cash for five years. If you’re panicked about paying for college, e-mail questions to collegecash@usnews.com.

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