Over Father’s Day, my family rented a beach house on a whim. I needed a lot of things for the week we’d be gone. There were the essentials (food, water, and shelter), of course. However, another necessity was beach fashion—and not just swimsuits.
A few items are required for the beach. And while it is nice to know the necessaries, it is even better to spice them up. Here are some ideas to make your beach essentials your own.…
All across America, high school grads in the class of 2013 are celebrating their successes and looking forward to 4 great years in college. But what about the college class of 2013?
The recent college grads I’ve talked to are in a very different mindset than their high school counterparts. Surely, college graduates are often more mature and more seasoned than their 18-year-old selves. Many have great plans and are “on track,” whatever that means to them.
But many also feel a lot more angst.…
Just because my income stopped doesn’t mean my student loan payments do.
Neither do my transportation expenses. Or my impulse buying. Or my desire to try every single local coffee shop in Greenwich Village.
(Is that just another form of impulse buying?)…
Today’s tweet has a plan for a stress-free life. Find out what it is! (Hint: It definitely involves money.)…
We’re talking about personal hygiene, student loan interest rates, mal-employment, and more in our daily look at money-related news from around the Web.…
We’ve helped you Face The Red™ the past few months, and there’s no better way to do that than hearing from someone facing his. That’s our newest contributor, Sean Engelking. Here’s his story.…
Potential interest rate increases get all the coverage (even here!), but some student loan changes are definitely happening on July 1. To help you sort through these, we turned to our regulatory guru Betsy Mayotte. Here, she describes what’s going to happen with subsidized Stafford loan subsidies starting next week.…
Local scholarships are awards for individuals living or attending college in a specific location. An example would be a small organization in Boston awarding scholarships to students residing in specific ZIP codes.
Local scholarships are great because, naturally, fewer students apply for them. Thus, a local scholarship will be less competitive than a national scholarship.…
Our tweet of the day is not very happy with the estimated cost of her Grad school loans. See her reaction here. …
We’re talking about texting the president, cheap pets, simple DIYs, and more in our daily look at money-related news from around the Web.…
