tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20244896926412382432011-11-27T17:05:48.971-08:00It's fun. It's expensive. It's college. Now what the heck does it REALLY cost?MrG299http://www.blogger.com/profile/15043598624312934237noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024489692641238243.post-67899172993586491332008-05-21T09:00:00.000-07:002008-12-09T15:58:33.076-08:00

Buying books can be a huge drag. There are countless ways you can save on books, some of them less obvious than others.1. Buy online. Period. The bookstores rip you off. They charge you top rate for the newest books and give you hardly a tenth of that when you sell it back. Get it used on amazon or eBay. Also check out sites like Text Swap where you can trade text books with other students at

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A 529 plan is ...an education savings plan operated by a state or educational institution designed to help families set aside funds for future college costs. As long as the plan satisfies a few basic requirements, the federal tax law provides special tax benefits to you, the plan participant (Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code).I recommend heading over to Saving for College to find out more

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If there is one lesson I have learned so far in college it is this; I have no money. There is nothing I want to pass on more, than to let as many people as I can know how important it is to be prepared for college. It's a burden, and a huge one at that. We all know it too. But we just sit on our ass, and when it comes, we turn to the banks for money. We know that to get a Bachelors degree it

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Mmmmmm fast food. There is just nothing like it. Especially once your in college. Those late night taco bell runs followed by McDonald's for lunch the next day. Oh an don't forget the pizza your going to eat for dinner. And, I literally mean the entire pizza all to yourself. This may be the college norm (it was for me), but non-stop Big Mac's don't have to be in your future!Not only is fast

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Staying organized with money is much easier said than done. It is possible though, and I hope these steps will set you in the right direction!1. Budget, Budget, Budget! - You have to budget. It's the most important part of organizing your cash flow. There is only so much money coming in each month, and that should be all that goes out. In fact that should be exactly how much goes out. A budget

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Online banking is just so nice, isn't it? I don't have to keep track of any of my spending. I can just log on and it will tell me exactly how much money I have in my checking account. Haha. I wish that were true probably even more than you do. Let me tell you a story.My freshman year I signed up for my own checking account. I was really on my own now. I had my own place to live, no parents, and

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I think that it would be helpful if each month I laid out all of my spending in a spreadsheet so that you can see where I spend my money. I have converted the spreadsheet into a jpeg so that I could upload it to blogger. In the spreadsheet I break down my spending into 11 main categories. The bigger categories including dining and entertainment. I have broken these down further so that you can

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College is a big change. On day 1 a lot is gonna hit you. You're parents will help move you into your new cell and before you know it they are back in the car waving back to you as you are smiling from your new HOME. I emphasis home because that's what it will become. It will be a new life. You will meet an entirely new family at school. Your friends will be closer than anyone you ever knew

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It's time for college!Let me give everyone a heads up about who I am and what I would like to accomplish with this blog. I am a sophomore at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. A small town, 45 minutes south of Grand Rapids. I am majoring in Aviation Flight Science and Administration. What that means is I want to be a pilot. Well... that's my first goal. I am much more of an

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