Food is expensive, and when you’re living on campus, the costs can add up at an alarming rate. Campuses, much like amusement parks, are laid out so that you’ll spend money wherever you go. Restaurants, coffee shops, and cafes are littered everywhere, making it incredibly convenient for you to separate yourself from whatever little money […]
-Read more!Planning For Retirement
As a college student, the thought of even saving up for retirement would be absurd. Between tuition, textbooks, room and board, campus fees, and food, you hardly have enough money to rub two pennies together- so to speak. Regardless as to whether you have money or not, you should be doing what you can to […]
-Read more!Federal Interest Rates Could Rise Again
Last week, the Senate passed a bill that would give college students immediate relief for their financial woes by applying the interest rate on federal loans to the 10-year Treasury note. The 10-year treasury is a government bond that buys up interest; so in other words, this will help decrease interest rates for loans. In […]
-Read more!Applying for the FAFSA
This is something you normally don’t hear about until after you’ve applied for college or, in rare cases, when you walk into the Financial Aid office at you college and are told that you need to apply for a FAFSA before you can do anything else. “A FAFSA?” you may ask with bewilderment, “why the heck do I have to apply for that?!”
-Read more!Why Are College Graduates More Disengaged At Work Than Others?
According to a recent Gallup poll, College-Educated Americans are less engaged in their jobs than ones with a high school diploma or less, showing that 48.2% of the latter were not engaged, as compared to the 55% of college graduates that are disengaged. This survey was taken from more than 150,000 American adults last year, […]
-Read more!Free College!
If you’re going to college in Oregon, good news: you it’s likely you won’t have to pay for it! …okay, yes, there is a catch. Just recently, the Oregon legislature unanimously approved of a bill that would allow students to attend any state institution without having to pay for tuition. Instead, you would only be […]
-Read more!Budgeting Yourself
There are many expenses that entail when going to college: tuition, campus fees, room and board, and textbooks; but those are just the expenses that come with going to college. What about life expenses, like food and gas? It’s important to budget yourself. Find out how much you’ll be spending each semester for college and […]
-Read more!RadioShack Moving Into Bookstores
In case if you haven’t realized by now, universities love money- or more specifically, your money. College campuses are designed to make it convenient for students to spend money on things other than books and school supplies. They offer you a variety restaurants to choose from aside from the campus’ cafeteria. Many campuses contain a […]
-Read more!Department of Education: Tips for Rising High School Seniors
If you plan on going to college, you need to have, well, a plan. You need to do your research and narrow down the choices that are available to you. The Department of Education believes that it’s imperative that you find some form of learning beyond high school, and while I don’t necessarily deal in […]
-Read more!The Importance of Networking
It’s kinda hard getting started in your career when all you do every day is wait tables and do school work. Before you can land yourself in the job you want, you must put yourself out on the market- the job market, that it. The way to do that is to make contacts. Twenty people […]
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