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How can you earn a top degree at a fraction of the cost?

Over the next several weeks, I’m going to give you several suggestions on how to do just that.  I’ll start by telling you to become a transfer student.  So what exactly does that mean?  In many cases, credits earned at a less-expensive college or university can be transferred and applied toward a degree from a pricey, elite school. You could earn a prestigious diploma at a fraction of the price.  When you finally earn your degree from your school of choice, it will not have an ‘*’ pointing to the fact that you were a “transfer student”.  Basically, you can get some of your core curriculum out of the way at a fraction of the costs.  Before you decide to go this route, you will first need to designate your ‘dream university’ and learn about their articulation agreements.  Articulation agreements specify which community college course credits will be accepted towards your bachelor’s degree and what grades you must have to be able to transfer in those particular credits.