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College Money

“Need Help Figuring Out College!”

December 20, 2011

Hi guys! First off, in case I haven’t said it enough, THANK YOU from the bottom of my soon-to-be-parent’s heart for all the love and congratulations you sent over from yesterday’s news — you made the Mrs. and I feel SO SPECIAL!! Seriously, you blew us out of the water with all the kindness and [...]

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Credit Cards and College Kids… *ahem*

November 3, 2011
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For whatever reason I’ve been doing a LOT of interviews/case studies/spilling of my ideas and thoughts to others, and every time I keep thinking – “Man!  This should be going on MY site too!” Haha… so, just like we did w/ the “how I became a full-time blogger” post, I figured I’d release my latest [...]

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I Went to College and All I Got Was This $200,000 Bill

September 2, 2011

(Guest Post by Kelli Space – of Gawker fame) I thought I knew stress back in high school, when my concerns revolved around spats with friends, looking like a TOTAL Loser for shopping at certain stores, and not being allowed to drive Mom’s minivan when I’d already promised everyone I’d get us all to the [...]

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Help a Reader: Student Loans or Savings?

May 5, 2011

A popular conundrum I get asked a lot (like, every single week) is where to start when you’ve got two major problems going on at the same time. Usually, major debt & major lack of savings. I never know what the right answer to these actually are – in fact, I don’t think there IS [...]

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Help a Reader: Can Saving Money Hurt Financial Aid?

February 18, 2011

Got an interesting email from a reader asking about financial aid stuff this week, but I couldn’t answer his questions for the life of me ;)  Some things I’m good at, and others I just have no idea whatsoever.  And this is one of those times — which is why he/we need your help! We [...]

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I Threw Away Over $250 Last Quarter

January 26, 2011

(Guest Post by Sarah L) As a junior in college studying Business with a Finance concentration, and a double minor in Economics and Psychology, I’m pretty conscious of my spending habits. In fact, I prided myself on my budgeting skills and helping my friends develop conscious spending plans for themselves. That is, until my friend [...]

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Do You Use Your College Degree?

November 8, 2010

I was talking to a friend the other day, and he said something about college not meaning anything cuz he never got into the field he majored in.  Well, first of all that’s a pile a crap. Just HAVING a degree alone opens up your entire future!  I don’t care if you “use your degree” [...]

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Is College Worth The Cost?

September 6, 2010
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YES!  Actually, HELL YES! When they say “it’s the 4 best years of your life” they’re not kidding ;) College was by far one of the most exciting and eye-opening experiences of my life, and the amount I grew from it (both intellectually and just overall in general) was incredible. To me, college is much [...]

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2010 College Grad Financial Survival Guide

May 28, 2010

Guest post by LearnVest With high school and college graduations going on around us, recent college grad are finally about to enter the “real world” and start earning a REAL salary and an apartment to call their own. Sounds nice right? But we need to ask them if they’ve thought about what they’re going to [...]

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Coffee Cents & College Kids

March 19, 2010

The other night I attended my first Coffee Cents, and was reminded of a few things I had totally forgotten about. 1) I didn’t care about my finances back in the ol’ college days. 2) I didn’t care about my finances for the following 5 years either. And 3), the most important one here, I [...]

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