Nitro Knowledge. Your Guide to Paying for College.
When you’re tackling the process of budgeting for college, it’s easy to focus on the marquee expenses and forget the secondary costs.
Unfortunately, if you do your number-crunching and leave out a long list of incidentals, you may end up relying more heavily on student loan money than you intended. Here's what you need to know to plan in advance.
Going to college is one of the biggest milestones in your life. Between the decisions on where to go, how to pay for it, what courses to take, and where to live, a number of huge, life-changing decisions hang in the balance.
It’s only natural that you and your parents are feeling the pressure ... and that, perhaps, you're driving each other a little nuts. How you handle the process with your parents can mean the difference between smooth sailing or a huge stress bomb that’s just waiting to explode.
Incoming college freshmen face a ton of big life changes when heading off to school. Are you up for the challenge?
From learning to love to laundry, we’ve got 48 pro tips to help you stay on the right track as you weave your way through your first year in college.
Did you know your college ID or email address could be worth money in your pocket? It’s true.
Flashing your student ID or ponying up an email address with .edu at the end could land you some pretty amazing discounts, online or in-person.
Taking advantage of those savings could mean that you’ll have more money to put toward your education, so you can avoid borrowing more than you really need.
If you’re considering medical school, you’re clearly not afraid of a challenge. But you may find that figuring out how to pay for your education is the biggest challenge of all.
Fortunately, there are quite a few paths to funding med school. Let's talk about your options.
The most affordable way to earn a bachelor's degree is pretty simple: Start at a community college and then transfer to a public, in-state school. Oh, and live at home if you can.
This may not be the sexiest option you can imagine, but with ever-soaring tuition costs, it just might be the most sensible path. Your future self will thank you for not going into massive debt to fund your education.
