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You could say that I am a pretty normal college senior. I work in the summer, have a part-time job during the school year and depend on my parents for my rent. I consider myself poor and strapped for cash as most students are, using any money I’ve earned or gained for food, gas and ‘ yes - the occasional splurge at Target. Oh, yeah, and I don’t have a credit card. Read More »
8 Career Lessons You Can’t Learn In College
College is a great place to learn how to work hard, party hard, and make friends. College also teaches us how to live on our own and why debt sucks. But college doesn’t teach us as much about the business world because business in the real world is more about experience, confidence and the network you build. Here are 8 business rules you didn’t learn in college. [Brazen Careerist]
Beer Pong Video Game Marketed to Teens
Earlier this week, JV Games announced that they will be ‘cleaning up’ their Wii version of beer pong to be called simply ‘Pong Toss’. This was quite a clever move by the company and Nintendo to silence opponents and widen their market to include the 13 and up ages. This T rated video game produced by JV’s Frat Party games line will be the first drinking game of its kind. And right now, it sucks. Real bad.
Who would actually buy a game that is only about throwing balls in cups? Absolutely no college aged student. [Sports Anonymous]
The Ten Commandments of Finding College Housing
When it comes to the task of finding where to live during the next school year, many students can become overwhelmed at the prospects. After all, it’s a huge decision, and in many ways can make or break a school year (socially speaking). I’ve known people who lived in pretty awful apartments and houses because they didn’t do the research or take the time to decide what the best course to take was.
As a result, their years ended up being significantly less-enjoyable than they had hoped for. However, we here at College and Finance have come up with 10 Commandments for persons looking for housing in an effort to help more students avoid the fate of the terrible living arrangement. [College and Finance]
So you just made Mom and Dad real proud–you’ve graduated from college and you’re still completely alive. Both nuts still attached? What a champ! Although the keg parties and late night puking into laundry baskets might not end for another few months, you should probably start thinking about your money situation.
Step One: Student Loans
If you took out student loans to pay for those joyous four years, you will soon be approaching a very important time period. You may have been made painfully aware of this by your parents or from countless postcards and solicited junk mail. Student loan interest rates recalculate each July 1st.
And thanks to a huge collapse in the financial market along with the continuing signs of a nationwide economic recession – interest rates are nice and low. Just follow this little formula I came up with:
Massive Financial Sector Layoffs = Massive Personal Financial Savings For Those In Student Debt= Massive Boner. Read More »
Whether you are enjoying the high life that is college – complete with parental support – or collecting change out of the couch just to get that much needed after-work-martini, coming into some extra money is a wonderful thing. Especially when you want one of these or, the newest addiction in my life, the latest version of Guitar Hero. (Note: SERIOUS chick magnet!)
But finding extra money isn’t always so easy. Or fun. Especially if you consider selling your sterm or serving your fellow students in the cafeteria.
I have recently found that my bank account is seriously lacking, but my beer addiction is not. I work over 40 hours a week, but still don’t make enough (yet) to live the way I want to. So, I decided I needed to find ways to come into some money. And while some of you may never want to even consider these options, I have found the following to be the easiest, least stressful and most fitting into any woman’s life.
1. Lawn work for the neighbors. Rake leaves, mow lawns, landscape and so on for the people you know best… your neighbors. You’re outside getting tan, gettin buff and making good cash while you’re at it. Plus you get to make your own hours and techinically you are running your own business. Read More »
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