<p>Since USNews is so fond of making lists of college attributes, I’d really love it if they made the following two lists:</p>
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<li><p>The colleges that will reduce student loans and/or student or family EFC with outside third-party scholarships. Then you know if your senior is even applying to schools where these scholarships would potentially help if he/she is lucky enough to win them. </p></li>
<li><p>Third-party scholarships that are astute enough to set the terms that they will not be awarded unless the college apply them to student loans or student/family contributions. I have heard generally that these exist but have yet to find a list of them, even the major ones.</p></li>
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