Applying for college, and then deciding how to pay for it, can be a grueling task. Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters

Quiz: Do you know how to avoid mountains of student debt?

Making Sen$e

Sometimes it seems like you have to go to college to simply learn how to apply to college. Figuring out how to find the right school for your kid—and a sensible way to pay for it—can be challenging.

But with tuitions (and student loan debt) at an all-time high, you can't afford not to do it.

Take this true/false pop quiz—shorter than a midterm!—to see where you stand. Then check out We Need to Talk: College for all you need to know about choosing and paying for school.

Beth Kobliner is the author of two New York Times best-selling books on money, and has just released We Need to Talk: College

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