Is College Worth The Cost?

September 6, 2010
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Like what you see? Sign up to our RSS feed, or get weekly recaps through our V.I.P. Newsletter!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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Life in Grad School Doesn’t Have to Suck…All Your Money

February 18, 2010

Guest post by Mrs. BudgetsAreSexy ;)
Life as a graduate student is notoriously tough. Generally, you’re operating on a slim-to-nonexistent source of income, yet with the workload of a full time job and the expenses to go along with it.
I consider myself very fortunate to be a married grad student. It’s great to know that [...]

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Why do schools teach about the stock market?

February 15, 2010

Stocks are great to know about, yes, but even BETTER would be basic financial management. Who gets right out of high school and starts investing before landing their first job/credit card/own apartment? I know people do it, I just don’t see the logic (although I’d admit it does seem more fun).
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5 Financial Tips for College Students….(lucky bastards)

December 9, 2009

If you’re in college and reading this,YOU ARE SMART! Not only for getting into college (naturally) but for wanting to get a head start on your finances. When I was your age the only thing I cared about was women & beer pong – and in that particular order. As long as I had [...]

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Students! Manage Your Debt. [Guest Post]

September 3, 2009

You are young, carefree, and have at last been let loose into the big bad world.
Having left your tearful mom behind, a whole host of fresher parties, pub crawls and perhaps an odd lecture here and there has begun! All is going swimmingly in fact, until you pay for that late night kebab on your [...]

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How we’re putting the Mrs. through grad school! (so far so sexy)

December 19, 2008

I can’t believe i haven’t blogged about this yet! Man, and i call this a personal finance blog? Shoooooooot. Guess losing one salary doesn’t merit much around here! haha….So today’s post is about how we’re putting Mrs. Budgetsaresexy through grad school. AND, you’ll be happy to hear that she pulled straight A’s this first semester!!! [...]

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