Here's one formula for saving more than 25% off the cost of college - one full year's tuition based on the national average for public universities.

3   Three-credit AP courses taken in high school$1,856
2Three-credit dual enrollment or direct credit courses taken in high school$1,237
1

State-sponsored "promise" scholarship for high test scores
(eg. The Michigan Promise)

$4,000
0No need for the average one remedial course in college$619
$Total Savings$7,712

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