Obama’s Student Loan Plan Guide

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WASHINGTON — Recognizing that college students and recent graduates are facing rising tuition prices and burdensome student loan debt, President Barack Obama announced a plan that seeks to lessen the burden of paying back student loans.

Some questions and answers about student loans:

The cost of a full credit load has passed $8,000 – an all-time high. Continue Reading

Under 26 and Uninsured? Only If Want To Be

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New stats show that more and more young people have health insurance coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. How many more young people? A million in the past year alone. Do they know something you don’t? Continue Reading

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student bills 1 How To Survive The Real World: Zero Income Living After College

So, what do you do when you are jobless? Living with no income, or earning less than you need to pay your bills? The absolute first thing you need to do is realize one thing. They aren’t going to send you to jail simply because you are broke. Nobody is going to kill you. And one day soon you will be able to not just survive but thrive.

The second thing you have to do is learn a little basic math: calculate what you need to earn weekly to pay all of your bills, and then some. Once you’ve got the number, it’s time to figure out how to get there. Continue Reading

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timthumb 8 Myths About Financial Aid College Students Need to Know

Let’s face it, money is tight. Which means it is more important than ever that we as college students be aware of all financial aid opportunities available. According to Online Graduate Programs, there are eight highly perpetuated myths that are keeping college students from receiving funding that they might be entitled to. Luckily for us they’ve put these eight myths into an easy-to-read infographic below. Continue Reading

Are We A Generation Of Cheaters [infographic]

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No matter what you did in high school when it comes to cheating, you should know that cheating in college is quite different. It’s a really big deal. College administration takes cheating seriously.  It’s not unheard of for whole classes to be expelled for “collaborating” or outright cheating.
Interestingly, it’s easier than ever before in history to share information. Both inside and outside the classroom. Many students can’t even distinguish between what constitutes plagiarism and what doesn’t. According to recent research, 71% do NOT believe copying from the Web is “serious cheating.” Have sites like Wikipedia blurred the lines on cheating all together?

What will become of this generation of cheaters? Find out in the below infographic (click image to zoom). Continue Reading

10 Tips For Surviving College Relationships

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Relationships are hard in general. College relationships are really hard, but not impossible. Both of us dealt with our share of short-term and long-term relationships in college, and we learned a lot about what makes them work and what makes them crumble. Here are some of the most important lessons we learned from our personal college relationships: Continue Reading

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If you are in college or recently graduated you already no that it is particularly difficult to find jobs in your field right out of college. But instead of putting your head in the sand look over the list below of 10 reasons why you and so many of your classmates struggle to find employment following graduation. Continue Reading

How To Deal With Professors Who Hate You

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There are someone professors who don’t wait till Halloween to be horrifying and there are others who may just not like you.

Whatever your situation, these 7 tips can help you deal with a professor that hates you: Continue Reading

10 Things People Say Without Having Any Idea

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10 Things People Say Without Having Any Idea What They’re Talking About, And What They Should Be Saying Instead

The World’s REAL Super Elite Universities

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The best university in the world sits on a sprawling campus not far from Hollywood, according to a new list from the Times Higher Education.

Using data provided by Thomson Reuters, the London-based industry magazine just published a list of the 400 best universities in the world, spread across 15 countries. Continue Reading

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