Tag Archive: College

Oct 24

Advance Planning For Life After College

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A young friend of mine is currently in her senior year of college, where she is majoring in high school education. I guess you could say she was really “lucky” and came from a poor family. This meant that she qualified for a program through our state that provided free tuition, room and board, and …

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Oct 08

Choose Your College Major Carefully

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I read an interesting article over the weekend at MSN Money. It was a list of the 10 worst majors for your career. They compiled their list based on financial and employment data for recent graduates, and the numbers are very interesting. You should definitely check it out. Anyway, their list of the 10 worst …

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Aug 09

Our College Savings Plan

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Much has been written about the importance of a college education. Arguably, even more has been written about the rising cost of that college education, with the average college graduate leaving school with more than $25,000 in student loans. The question is what can we do about it? Especially as parents, how can we help …

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May 31

Tips For The High School Graduate

Earlier this week I wrote a post containing some tips and advice for all the new college graduates. But let’s not forget about the high school graduates as well. Tips and advice for the high school graduate are a bit different than for college graduates, since there are more possible paths to follow. When a …

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May 29

Tips For The College Graduate

The graduation season is upon us, both for high school and college students. I am amazed at how quickly the time goes once those milestones are achieved. This is the year of my 10-year high school reunion, and I’ve now been out of college (at least for undergrad) for six years. It’s crazy because I …

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