It is a delicate balancing act for parents to teach their high school and college students about the wise use of credit. Parents may be swamped themselves with a mortgage, car payments, or everyday expenses, and some may still be paying off student loans from...
Parents always want the best for their college students. You would love it if he or she could spend those college years just concentrating on studies, and maybe have a little fun on the side. But what happens when those dreams run up against the...
Parents and their teenagers are accustomed to having never-ending discussions about grades, friends, jobs, curfew times and more. But the one topic that deserves the most attention is probably the one that gets the least time spent on it. Although there is a great public...
There is really nothing better than using other people’s money to pay for school. College scholarships are a wonderful supplement to federal, state and institutional financial aid. In some cases, colleges simply grant scholarships to deserving students based on their FAFSA information as part of...
Does being a new high school senior surprise, scare, or excite you? For those who want to attend college in the fall the road ahead can be a little overwhelming, but you can take actions now to get in front of the college application curve....
May and June are “moving up” months in most high schools. The seniors graduate and head off to college, while juniors become the “rising seniors.” With one final exciting year of high school remaining, applying for college can often be the last thing on juniors’...
