Carnival of Student Finance #1
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007–By Sagar Satapathy
Greetings! Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of Student Finance. We have selected 12 posts to be featured on this carnival. Here are the posts in the order they were received:
Ted Reimers presents Student Loan Consolidation Tips posted at CampusGrotto. Here are tricks many private loan consolidators use to get students to consolidate their loans.
Jimmy Atkinson presents 136 Tips for Saving Money in College posted at Ask the Advisor. College is an expensive proposition, but a degree helps in getting a good career and comfortable life. Here are a few tips on reducing your expenses. Most of the suggestions are aimed at college students. A few are general enough that anyone can use them.
Katie presents Aridni’s Poetry Contest: Mixing Business with poetry posted at Aridni. Business blog hosting a poetry contest? Yeah… you wanna enter?
Rebecca Newburn presents Asking ?Why?? Can Change Your Life and Transform Your Class posted at Information Age Education. Learn about “afformations.” It’s a simple tool to change your relationship to money and transform your life.
Erin presents Secured Cards Create Credit posted at Queercents. If you’re a college student like me, you know that getting your first credit card is like taking a step into the adult world. For those who are new to the world of credit bureaus, APRs, and Mr. FICO, breaking into the credit scene is daunting and frustrating. Fortunately, there is an awesome credit-card-like square of plastic that can serve as a key to the realm behind those pearly Visa gates: the secured credit card.
Jeffrey Strain presents The Coin Man - Pay For Your College Education With Other People’s Change posted at Personal Finance Advice. How one man was able to pay for his college education with other people’s coins.
Jane May presents Be Cautious With Student Loan Debt posted at Career Ramblings. Student loans are beginning to be more and more of a business for companies. The low interest rates (although they aren’t as low as they were 3 years ago) and the accessibility of the loans have made them a lucrative option for students.
Azmi Mufti presents How to Save Money on College Books posted at American Desi Notes. You can always get books at discounted prices without depending on your school. What you need to do is go to your school’s book store and find the books you need. Write down the ISBN numbers of the books. The ISBN number above the barcode.
Nenad Ristic presents Money Conciousness ? What is Money? posted at Money Conciousness. The most commonly used definition of money in economics is “Money is a medium of exchange”. A very simple definition, to be sure, yet with many hidden depths.
Bill presents Taxes and the Three Martini Lunch posted at Ask Uncle Bill. It’s that time of year.
SengAun Ong presents Daily Expenses Sheet Template posted at Tipskey - Unlock Practicality. You will somehow become frugal if you record down your daily expenses.
With this, the first edition of the Carnival of Student Finance is concluded. Keep sending such useful and interesting posts to the future editions of this carnival. A link back will be greatly appreciated.