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Unprivileged high school students thinking of getting a university degree or people who completed a certain degree and are now contemplating to pursue a different profession usually find it difficult to finance their higher education.
This is due to the fact that higher education is becoming increasingly expensive, and the unfortunate thing is that quite a number of individuals are not in a position to afford it.
Studying abroad is a great experience, and if you have an opportunity to go study somewhere outside your country, you should definitely seize it. But if you do want to approach this wisely, you need to keep a lot of important things in mind, from how are you going to take care of yourself to how are you going to spend money.
Sadly, not all of us have good money habits when we go to college or start studying abroad. Those things are rarely taught in schools, so unless you’ve read some good books, received great tips from your parents or have good money handling skills on your own, there’s a chance that you might struggle with both budgeting and spending.
College life comes with hard lessons on personal finance, especially for the students who do not plan their finances properly. They often find themselves in debt, broke and unable to cope with college life.
Thus, you need a plan to succeed in college. As a student, there are few tips you can adapt to line up your finances and stay afloat financially whilst in college.
As a student, saving money would seem like moving mountains. If you want to attain financial success, then you need to keep a track on your expenses and put an end to the bad habits. I’ll talk about money-saving tricks for students today.
In the student phase, we all have fine wine tastes on a cheap beer budget. Don’t worry; it’s quite normal if you are on the same verge. Most of the college students either live on a budget or prepare to fall in the trap of debts.
College is an exciting time for students because it marks a new level of independence in their lives. The flip side of independence, they say, is responsible and without the constant supervision of parents, a number of financial mistakes a college student makes. College students must carefully make numerous decisions that have the potential to impact the rest of their lives.
The new status of these students, who are now legally considered adults, can be challenging financially. Fortunately, the biggest challenges can be addressed with a bit of effort. Here are a few basic mistakes that, if avoided, can help college students sail relatively smoothly through to their graduation and beyond.
For most students, the college provides the opportunity to live away from their parents and make critical decisions independently. One of these decisions is choosing where to live while pursuing studies. As a student, you have the option of staying in the campus dorms or renting an apartment outside the university. Either way, you will inevitably end up with some kind of debt.
The cost of college housing, both on-campus and off-campus constitutes one of the biggest expenses after college tuition, and therefore, students should make a financially sound decision when choosing a housing option. Knowing the costs involved, benefits and challenges of each option will put you in a better financial position.
Information technology has over the years advanced and consequently offered the society new ways of doing things that are more reliable and cost-effective. Online degrees have particularly become very common because of ease and associated lower costs. Here are more reasons why you should consider taking online degrees.
When I was in college, the concept of online education wasn’t there. Distant learning was an option but that was nothing like attending live classes from your computer and hearing the professor explain things. So online education did not only fill-up the drawbacks of a distant learning but also, brought the whole learning thing inside our home.
The other day I was consulting my cousin. She wants to come to the United States for higher studies. I did some research for her. This post is an output of that research. There are careers, high paying ones, that don’t require you to have a college degree. 
On the other side, there are careers which do need an appropriate college degree? For me, I am from an orthodox family which always have advocated for education. Even knowing that career can be had without a degree. Even when my father didn’t have enough money to send me to college, he encouraged me to do so. Luckily the college I was admitted to had govt. subsidized education system.
As for my cousin, she’s been an excellent student all throughout her school. I am sure she’ll get scholarships as well. What about you? Or your son/daughter? How are you envisioning the career search? Will you go for your desire? Or, you’ll go for a career with a high potential for earning.
Education is costly, it’s becoming costlier with every passing day! While the curriculum is getting tougher. The courses are more demanding than ever, with larger workloads and higher grade boundaries and greater competition from within the country and abroad. At the same time, the cost of studying increased tremendously over the last 10 years. In 2005 average student loan debt per student was $10,000, now in 2015, the figure is a whopping $25,000. While, over the same 10 years, the minimum wage has remained the same, almost.
So, students, these days need to find work to support their cost of education. The place we live in has about 8 universities nearby. Most of the area’s restaurants are staffed with a local student, for waiting for jobs. I wonder if and how much time they get for studies. I think if students can work at online jobs, they may get more time for studies, compared to the physical jobs I see them doing.
No one wants to graduate with a huge student loan, so why not think about reducing it whilst you’re still at college, and/or immediately after you graduate. That way, it’s not hanging over you for years?
Reducing Your Student Loan The Smart Way
The burden of student loans is much heavier than it was a decade ago. On average, a college graduate today has about $25,000 in student loan debt. In 2005 that figure was a mere $10,000. Education is going to be costlier over the years. So, what should a student do?
