Choosing what college to attend is one of the most important decisions you will ever make in your life. The better the college you attend, the more prestigious your degree will be. This means that employers will be more interested in hiring you when you finally graduate and hit the job market. This is why…
So I think we’ve established – I like school. I’ve graduated from 3 different universities with degrees in three different areas. And while there is certainly a lot to say about carefully considering your education, especially because of how much debt it’s likely to get you into, I totally get people who are bitten by…
In the personal finance realm, we harp a lot on not going into debt, but some events, like college, make it seem inevitable. While studying hard, being a sports superstar or a musical prodigy are solid approaches to finding scholarships, an often overlooked opportunity is to just go to college for free. That’s right. Completely…
We’re back with another episode of Inside the Artist’s Wallet. For those of you joining us for the first time, Inside the Artist’s Wallet is a YouTube collaboration between me and Stefanie of The Broke and Beautiful Life where we talk with artist’s who are living the dream and not starving to death. If you…
**This is a sponsored post, but as you’ll see, I am 100% onboard with online education – it definitely saved me a ton of money.** Whenever the discussion turns to taking online courses, it generally focuses on the convenience of learning via the Internet. In addition, it’s hard to argue against that point: For many…
Hi there friends! Today I want to present you with something entirely different, the next YouTube sensation – Inside the Artists Wallet. Ok, so maybe not a general sensation, but if you’ve ever wondered how people who work in the arts actually manage to get by and not starve to death, this is the series…
I was extremely lucky when I went to grad school. I knew I was going to have to take out a pretty big loan and I just happened to be talking about it with my grandmother when she volunteered to loan me most of it instead. $20,000 is nothing to sneeze at and 0.0% interested…
Are you considering furthering your education? Have you thought about getting that degree in another country? I’m not talking about vacationing. If you’re interested in pursuing a Master’s degree and would rather get it all done in 1 year instead of 2-3, while still learning what you need to know, you should consider looking at…
Today I’m excited to share with you this great guest post from Kelly over at the Growing Pains blog. She’s a wife and the mother of an adorable 1 year and actually started blogging so she could keep a journal for her daughter to read when she was older. Since then, her blog has grown…
The other day I wrote about how mystery shopping won’t make you a millionaire, but today I wanted to write about a different side hustle that does have the potential to rake in some real cash – substitute teaching. If you work 9-5 Monday-Friday, you’re out of luck in this category, but if you…
The FAFSA was always a really horrible, miserable thing to me that seemed utterly pointless when I was in high school and college. My parents were solidly middle class and helping to pay for my education, so the amount of government assistance I received was always a big, whopping zero. I think that there were…
Today I’m featuring an awesome guest post from Eva over at TeensGotCents. Eva is ridiculously on top of things for a teenager and regularly makes me feel like I’m a super slacker – in a good and encouraging way. I love reading her blog and thought she’d make an excellent contributor to the college conversations…
Today the fabulous Eva from TeensGotCents swapped posts, so if you want to check out mine, you’ll need to head over to her site. Make sure you don’t miss her post on dual enrollment though! Sometimes I think arts and humanities degrees get a bad wrap. A recent comment over on my blog fired me…
During the time I was in college, I had three student worker jobs. Throughout all three years I was an undergrad, I wrote for the school newspaper as a freelancer and occasionally took photographs for them (at a whopping $5 a photo and $10 an article – if they even got published). Since that wasn’t…
There are a few tricks you can do as a college or high school student that will help keep the costs down for your college education. 1.) Take every Advanced Placement (AP) course your high school offers. Granted, if you’re not a good student, you may not want to risk your GPA, so a variation…
Continuing our series on how student worker jobs can help kickstart your career, today I’m featuring this great guest post from Michelle who started out in her campus residential life office and found out that smelly roommates aren’t so bad (as long as they weren’t hers)! Michelle blogs at Fit is the New Poor where she writes about…
I have to admit that I was a pretty lazy scholarship searcher throughout my time in college. And I still wound up graduating with 75% of college covered. I’m not gonna lie, part of it is that I had the skills and grades to turn into scholarships, but mostly it was just a little half-assed…
Maybe you’ve found 529 Savings Plans aren’t for you. Maybe you’re uncomfortable about earmarking all that money as “college only,” because maybe your kid is not college bound (and really, that’s not the end of the world – check out this great article on trade schools). Maybe you live in a state with no income…
Today’s guest post comes from Emily and she kicks off a series of guest posts about how picking certain student worker positions in college can really help guide your career path and give you an edge when it comes time to apply for jobs. Emily blogs at Words I Wheel By where she writes about her…
College these days is ridiculously expensive. I’ve ranted about it a few times. However, the goal of today’s post is not to rant, but to overcome. As much as I wanted my angry keystrokes to take down the system, the fact remains that college is still necessary for most. So what’s a parent (or a…
Conventional wisdom says to go to school, major in something reliable that will make you lots of money, find a boy, settle down and stay there forever. Recently a commenter of my blog left the following note for me: I never understand why parents always seem willing to let kids invest in all these exotic…