Save up to $25,000 a year on college with Merit Aid.
And you don’t need to qualify for financial aid.
New York Times money columnist Ron Lieber’s new online video course distills his years of research and reporting on how to save money with Merit Aid into one comprehensive resource for families who are shopping for college. With his course, you’ll learn that Merit Aid is available at most schools, how it works and how to get the highest amount possible. Already have a Merit Aid offer? The course will help you make the best possible appeal to a school for an improved package with even more money.
Real Results: Merit Aid Course Success Stories
“I thought colleges had all the power in the application process. Your insights helped me increase the Merit Aid for my son by $20,000 over four years, in just a ten-minute phone call with the school. Pretty good return on investment!!”
Connecticut parent
Drexel University
“Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU. Based on your advice, we decided to appeal the financial aid award on the basis of merit. They replaced loans and work study with a four-year merit award, saving us $18,000 over four years.”
Oregon parent
Lafayette College
“Your advice yielded an extra $20,000 over four years!”
California parent
Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute
“Just finished your terrific course (in one sitting!). I thought it would be a good refresher of what I already had learned, but of course I learned so much more. You definitely make it easier and more palatable.”
California parent
Bryn Mawr College
Here’s what you’ll get in the video course
Plus bonus materials
A PDF guide to the most important questions about saving on college.
More about Merit Aid
About Ron
Ron Lieber is the Your Money columnist for The New York Times, where his work has received the Gerald Loeb award – business journalism’s highest honor – three times. He is the author or co-author of three New York Times bestsellers, including “The Price You Pay for College” and “Taking Time Off,” a book about gap years.
Ron lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Jodi Kantor (a fellow New York Times reporter) and his two daughters. He received need-based aid in middle school and high school at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago and in college, at Amherst, where his mother flew out each year to appeal his family’s aid package. Ron speaks frequently to audiences of all sizes about what to pay for college and how the system got so complicated.