As I mentioned in Len's post my oldest is off to college this fall and one thing I am learning is that the cost of college has gone WAY up! That being said, do any of you folks who have been through this all before have any advice for us on things we can do or places to look so that funding college won't leave him too far in the hole once he graduates?

He has done very well academically and scored nicely on his ACT test so I know that will help but I also understand there are other ways of making the cost of college not quite so painful. I am all ears in that regard.

Anyone willing to share their insight?