On Monday, the venerable Andrea at So Over This published a great piece about student loans. In it, she posited that a lot of people don’t really know what they’re signing on to when they start borrowing money for school … Continue reading
As of Wednesday, my student loan balance is officially below five figures! I now owe $9,967.51. True, this is still a large sum of money. And it’s also true that I don’t like owing any money at all. But I’ve … Continue reading
File under: stuff that really, really surprises me. According to a recent study, students whose parents pay for their educations earn slightly lower grades than students whose parents contribute less. The GPA difference between parentally bankrolled students and those without … Continue reading
It’s no secret that I’m a huge proponent of higher education, even if that means taking on debt. I, in fact, took on a fair amount of debt to attend graduate school – almost $25,000 just in principle. Thankfully, I’ve … Continue reading