25 Mar 2013

Though extremely helpful in funding college, scholarships can be a pain to apply for. Sometimes the application itself takes a lot of time and effort, while sometimes meeting all the pre-requisites can be challenger. Are [...]

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18 Mar 2013

Scholarship organizations have quite a tough job.  How do they choose winners?  How do they sift through the pile of applications to determine who has potential and who doesn’t? NerdScholar recently did a Scholarship Study [...]

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22 Apr 2013

Earth Day is a day marked to celebrate all the health and wellness of our planet.  Each year our ecosystem provides us with thousands tons of raw materials, vegetables and resources for us to survive.  [...]

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2 Apr 2013

Parks and Rec’s Leslie Knope knows a thing or two about being a woman trailblazer. She is a public figure, has role models, ambitions, and picks her career over men. And most importantly, she is [...]

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8 Apr 2013

Each spring, countless college seniors anxiously await graduation, when they can cross the stage with diploma in hand. Many just want their freedom from class to begin as quickly as possible, but for a lucky [...]

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3 Jan 2013

NerdWallet analyzed the top salaries for college grads, but this time we added in acceptance rates and tuition costs only (excluding housing, books, living expenses, etc.).  Graduates of these prestigious program earn the most after [...]

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9 May 2013

How much should students be paying for their Federal student loans?  This has been under hot debate as the legislation keeping the Federal Stafford student loans interest rate at 3.4% sets to expire July 1st, [...]

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29 Apr 2013

Summary: On July 1st, legislation set to keep subsidized Stafford student loan rates at 3.4% is set to expire, doubling the rate to 6.8%.  President Obama has taken a proactive step towards addressing the issue [...]

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1 Apr 2013

April is National Financial Literacy Month, and many universities across the nation are celebrating it with on-campus events, resources, and workshops.   Financial literacy critically affects students, who are at an important juncture of their lives [...]

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22 Mar 2013

There are a multitude of terms being thrown around describing the different costs of college that it can be a real headache to try and discern what’s what.  Here, NerdScholar has provided a run down [...]

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