As you're figuring out how to pay for college, remember this wise old cliche: “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.”
Tackling tuition bills can be pretty stressful, and many families feel desperate for help. Unfortunately, there are folks out there perfectly willing to take advantage of that desperation by offering scholarship guarantees. In most of these cases, however, the only guarantee is that you will lose time and money.
These operations, known as scholarship scams, often go like this:
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