COLLEGE ADVICE FOR BUDDING SCHOLARS

Fidelity Investments asked college graduates to rank the importance of financial advice geared toward high school students hoping to attend college. Here's what the class of 2011 had to say:

Save as early as possible for college43%

Get involved in the college finance discussion23%

Go to the best school you can and deal with paying

after graduation14%

Choose schools based on what you can afford, not on which is the most prominent14%

Tuition and fees should rank as the leading factor in selecting