Cost cutting
Top 10 Books That College Students Are Reading
Want to know what college students are reading?
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently surveyed dozens of colleges and universities across the country to compile this top 10 college reading list. You won’t find any heavy literature on this list that includes three books dripping with zombie and vampire antics.
I’d recommend reading No. 2 and No. [...]
Why You Don’t Need a Student Credit Card
Beginning this week, it became much harder for college students to obtain a credit card.
Many college kids who aren’t 21 yet must get a cosigner to obtain a student credit card. Frankly, I think that’s a good thing.
A far better alternative to that first credit card in college is a debit card, which you can [...]
Why Students at State Flagships Are Richer Than Most
Close to one out of every three students who attend a state flagship university is affluent.
Specifically, 30% of students at flagship universities have parents with incomes in the top 20% of all American households.
This is just one of the findings of a new study released this week by The Education Trust, which is a nonprofit [...]
10 Great College Tips for 2010
Happy New Year. I want to usher in 2010 by sharing 10 of my college blog posts from last year that I think will help you:
Cut the cost of college.
Find scholarships.
Snag better financial aid packages.
Locate great schools.
Cutting the cost of college with better grades
How to Negotiate for a Better Financial Aid Package
Will Saving for College [...]
5 Ways to Cut Tuition Costs At Out-of-State Universities
Want to attend a public university outside your state?
Often the out-of-state tuition costs are far greater at state universities, which naturally prefer to keep the costs lowest for their own residents. You can, however, find public universities willing to cut their state tuition for outsiders.
Here are five ways to cut the costs of attending a [...]
Follow Me on Twitter!
At first I ignored most social media. I don’t even have a Facebook page yet though that is high on my to-do list. I decided, however, I needed to embrace social media if I was ever going to get the word about about this college blog and my other one at CBSMoneyWatch.
I initially thought that [...]
States with High Student Debt and More
10 Best and Worst States for Student Loan Debt
Many of the states with the highest student loan debt levels are in the Northeast. In contrast, the states with the lowest student debt levels are in the West and South. That was one of the subjects that I wrote about last week for CBSMoneyWatch.com. In my [...]
Selling Your College Textbooks to Amazon
Do you have some used college textbooks you’d like to get rid of?
You might want to check with Amazon. The online bookseller rolled out a new program today to entice college students to trade in their textbooks.
The trade-in program is simple. You can check to see if Amazon will buy your used textbook and what [...]
Cut College Costs: Be a Resident Assistant
Want to lower the cost of college?
How does eliminating all your child’s room and board costs sound? It’s possible if your child becomes a resident assistant.
A resident assistant serves as a surrogate mother hen to the kids in the dorms. RAs help settle disputes and make sure kids aren’t doing dumb things like hauling beer [...]
Renting Cheap College Textbooks
Here’s a way to find cheap college textbooks: rent them.
This seems so logical, but it’s taken an awfully long time for the idea of renting used college textbooks to take root.
At least a couple of companies are now renting cheap college textbooks to students who are eager to shrink their book tab.
A [...]
