it is the list that teenagers and their parents wait for every year. princeton review s annual best colleges rankings. for now forget the top party school and focus on what really matters how to pay for college. here it is, best 373 colleges. joining us now, the author of the princeton review. thanks for coming in. thanks for inviting me. start out first with the school that offers the best financial aid package because this is critical. college is expensive. if you can get financial aid, it is a big deal. what s the best bet there? number one school in our great financial aid list is franklin w.olin college, a small engineering college outside of boston. a fairly new school, about ten years old. 330 kids undergrad. $52,000 sticker price but they offer students a half tuition scholarship as soon as they re admitted. all students. that s phenomenal. for those students that