We’re living in an age of convenience. Groceries can be delivered, clothes can be picked out for you and just about every TV show and movie ever made can be beamed straight into your living room. If I had the...
It’s pretty well accepted that social media can have negative consequences for our mental health. As we look through snapshots of the perfect lives our friends and family seem to be living, it’s hard not to view our own lives...
The holidays are an expensive time for everyone, but college students feel that more than most. When you’re living off student debt and don’t have any income to speak of, the thought of buying gifts and paying for leisure activities...
For a significant chunk of my time in college, I thought of myself as the poor one in my friend’s group. I was paying my way through school and studying journalism, a field with shrinking job prospects, while my boyfriend...
The student loan process asks a lot from incoming college students. Before they even leave the comfort of their childhood home or take a single college class, they’re expected to make one of the biggest financial decisions of their life....
Filling out the FAFSA is one of those tasks that’s easy to keep putting off. It’s boring, time-consuming and notoriously complicated – for students as well as parents. But as many prospective college students have learned, ignoring it completely is...
When I graduated from college *ahem* eons ago and it came time to pay off my federal student loans, I had no clue there were different options. I opted into the standard repayment plan because I didn’t know any better. Looking...
Some of my fondest college memories aren’t from going to homecoming games, attending my first college party or walking around campus when no one else was going to class. Some of my favorite memories are going home for winter break and...
We’re living in an age of convenience. Groceries can be delivered, clothes can be picked out for you and just about every TV show and movie ever made can be beamed straight into your living room. If I had the... 
