Student Loan Consolidation Lowdown

Greetings! Welcome to the 8th edition of the Carnival of Student Finance. We have received 12 posts for this edition. I must say that these are useful and interesting. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Ted Reimers presents Best Colleges posted at CampusGrotto College Blog. Here is a list of the 10 Best Colleges. Did your school make the list?

Allen Taylor presents Making Big Money By Looking At The Seasons Of Investment posted at Investing World Today. All forms of investment markets have “seasons” just like the very predictable weather patterns of spring, summer, fall and winter.

Tim Ramsey presents Student Debt Relief - How To Get Yourself Out Of Student Debt posted at My Debt Relief Blog. In this article you will find out how to get yourself out of student debt the smart way.

Eric Stanley presents Free Up 2,000 A Month - Easily posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles. Applying these examples, you can easily free up extra $2,000 per month.

Thomas Humes presents Millionaire Mind - Think Like A Millionaire posted at Wealth Building World. Millionaires, multi millionaires and billionaires have a unique way of looking at money. Learn about it and apply it to your own thinking.

Baz L presents Air Conditioning At 69 Degrees - Way To Save! posted at Day In The Life of Baz.

Tushar presents You are in financial trouble if… posted at Life of a Resident Alien….

Matthew Paulson presents College Students: Get More for Your Used Textbooks posted at Getting Green.

Rick MacGuidwin presents It’s Really All About Asset Allocation: Part 1 of 2 posted at Tips from Rick. Rick says, “One thing I learned at Merrill Lynch was a great system for retirement planning. The system is much like any Algebra course where you simply solve for the unknown.”

Scott presents 7 Surefire Ways to Save Serious Cash in College posted at College and Finance.

Warren Wong presents Why Not To Drive posted at Personal Development for INTJs.

Steve faber presents - Avoid Some of Those Nasty Extra Car Repair Fees posted at Debt Free. If you’ve had the misfortune to spend a ton of money on car repair lately, you may have actually looked closely at the invoice from your autocare provider to find out why the hell it was so large.

That concludes the 8th edition of the Carnival of Student Finance. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 05 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! The 7th edition of the Carnival of Student Finance is up. We have received 9 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Gustav S presents American Social Security, our World Economic meltdown? posted at success-is-in-you.com. If you are looking for credit better be aware of this upcoming events.

Grey Swan presents Should Wealthy Children Attend Top Schools? | Grey Swan posted at Grey Swan. First in a series of Blogs about Student Financial decisions.

Steve Faber presents - Debt Consolidation – A Great Debt Solution, or Stupid Move? posted at Getting Debt Free. Debt consolidation is great because it allows you to use a secured loan, with subsequently lower interest rates, to pay off higher interest financial obligations.

David presents Success Advice for Recent Graduates posted at Worldwide Success. As many young people graduated from college and high school in the last few weeks and started their journeys in the “real world”, this is the perfect time to talk about what these young people should do in order to achieve success.

Bill presents You Suck, Girl posted at Ask Uncle Bill. Seems there is another study out there about wage inequality. Here are the ‘facts’–newly minted college graduates (females) earn about 80% of what a male graduate makes ‘right out of the gate.’

Trent presents Student Loans And The Philosophy Of Debt posted at The Simple Dollar. Low interest debt, like the student loan debt above, should be left alone and you should only avoid high interest debt (right now, anything over 7% or so); instead, you should be building up a big emergency fund and a fund to buy more expensive things (like cars) with cash. This plan offers breathing room and security, but does leave some debt in place.

Scott presents College Football and Basketball Tickets, a Great Investment posted at College and Finance. An investment strategy for students.

Ruby presents 25 Ways to Make Money Quickly and Easily (and Legally)! posted at Advice and Rants. How can you earn some extra money easily and quickly? You may be broke, debt, and desperate to make some money quickly, or you may be unable to work full-time (maybe because you’re a student like me?). Don’t worry, there are ways to make money quickly, easily, and without robbing a bank.

Ted Reimers presents College Admission Tips posted at College Blog. Follow these 15 steps when applying for college and increase your chances of getting in.

That concludes the 7th edition of the Carnival of Student Finance. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 24 June, 2007. Submit your posts here.

Welcome to the Carnival of Student Finance. We have received 10 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Ted Reimers presents Best College Internships posted at CampusGrotto College Blog. An internship at one of these companies will be fun, knowledgeable and career building.

David presents One Million Dollars Generators posted at Worldwide Success. Any activity that generates $10 a day for 10 years will turn into $1 Million in another 30 years if the money is invested at a 10% rate of return.

English Major presents What I Wish I’d Known About Money When I Graduated posted at An English Major’s Money. English Major is thinking about the financial mistakes he made as he tried to set up his life, and the things that he learned from them.

Stingy Student presents Oh, the places you’ll go posted at Stingy Students. Despite the fact that you’re probably going to have to spend money (unless you luck out and manage to find a job where you go), there are many ways in which this can be accomplished in the stingy student manner.

Abdulrasool presents The Dark Sides of Debt Consolidation posted at Debt Consolidation. When paying off their debts, consumers have their minds on only 1 thing, and that is the monthly payments. Some debt consolidation companies will therefore lower your current monthly payments, which is nice, but they will also stretch your payback period.

Ted Reimers presents How to Get a Job after College posted at College Blog. Getting a job after just graduating from College can be difficult if you are not prepared. Follow these Ten Tips to help secure post college employment and get a start on a new career.

Erik presents Your Options For Paying Back Your Student Loans posted at Money Crashers. Loan consolidation puts all of your payments into one lump sum payment. You don’t need to keep track of 6 to 8 different payments you need to make every month.

The Skilled Investor presents PIRATES OF THE CREDIT SEA: Part 2: What are my rights? posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. When you deal with a credit card company, however, things just seem not to be that easy after 60 days. Unless, you watch every billing statement like a hawk and contest any problems in writing within 60 days, which we did not do, your road to recovery could be more difficult, if the credit card company wants to make it harder.

Tushar presents Credit Score Breakup and ways to boost it posted at Life of a Resident Alien…. Avoid applying on your own for a lot of loans and credit cards, particularly in a short period. And avoid excessive card-hopping.

Tim Ramsey presents How to Obtain Low Card Interest with Bad Credit posted at My Debt Relief Blog. Many major credit card companies actually provide lower interest rates to cardholders that have bad credit and poor payment histories. They do this to help the cardholder prevent defaulting on the debt by filing for bankruptcy or going to collections.

That concludes the sixth edition of the Carnival of Student Finance. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your contribution.