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How to Get a Housing Assistantship for Graduate School

Student housing and dorm life is one of the hallmarks of the undergraduate experience, and possibly for graduate students. If you're returning to graduate school and interested in creative funding...

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How to Fund Study Abroad as a Graduate Student

While many colleges and universities increasingly offer study abroad options for undergraduate students, study abroad opportunities can be harder to find and pay for as a graduate student. If you're a...

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How to Get an Employer to Pay for Graduate School

Employers are beginning to understand the importance of having educated workers. Because of this fact, many are willing to pay for their employee's tuition. You can get your employer to pay for...

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How to Deduct Student Loan Interest Paid by Parents

Student loan interest is a tax deductible item on federal income taxes. Parents who take out student loans on behalf of their child can deduct the interest on their income taxes providing certain...

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How to Maximize an Education IRA

Today, one of the biggest worries for parents is how to pay for college. Several plans that are can help save for college. One of these is the Education IRA. The Education IRA has recently changed its...

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How to Get a Javits Fellowship

The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship program honors students with exceptional academic ability. They are chosen based on their financial need, demonstrated achievement and outstanding promise. They must be...

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How to earn money doing odd jobs in college

Even earning $40 a week can cover some costs like groceries or go towards your savings account during college. If you have your tuition and fees covered by your parents, a scholarship, or a loan you...

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How to Find Money for College

While post-secondary education opens up many doors when it comes to career choices, it is more expensive than ever. According to Forbes Magazine, the cost of college has been rising by 7 percent...

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How to Enter the Scholarship Lottery From Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo offers first-time students the opportunity to get a little free help with their educational expenses. Through its program that offers $20,000 worth of scholarships each year, Wells Fargo...

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How to Apply for Military Scholarships

There are literally thousands of different military scholarships available to active-duty soldiers, retired military personnel, veterans, military spouses and their dependents. The key to applying for...

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How to Check the Status of a FAFSA Application

Just about every student who enters his freshman year of college is encouraged to fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application. Your anxiety over the results of this...

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How to Apply for a US Bank Scholarship

US Bank is widely known for its generosity to students when it comes to helping them fund their educations. One very important (and popular) way that the institution helps students is by offering 30...

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How to Electronically Sign a FAFSA Application

You can get the status of your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application much faster if you chose to sign your forms electronically and submit them through the special FAFSA...

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How to Complete a CSS Profile

A CSS profile is a clever program that allows students all over the United States to streamline the process of applying for financial aid. While the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)...

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How to Apply for Educational Financial Aid for Veterans

Veterans exist in a class of Americans set apart from the average person. They even have their own annual holiday. It is no surprise that there are multiple opportunities for educational financial aid...

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How to Enter the Scholarship Lottery From AFC

The Scholarship Lottery from AFC is a $50,000 scholarship giveaway sponsored by the Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, and it has to be one of the easiest scholarship programs to enter or...

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How to Read a Student Aid Report

After all the crazy paperwork involved in filling out your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), you're finally holding the results of you application in your hand. The only problem is that...

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How to Get School Codes for Financial Aid Applications

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) allows you to include schools in the section that tells the government where you want to send your information. Unfortunately, the process doesn't...

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How to Get a Scholarship From the Gates Millennium Scholars Program

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program began in 1999 to provide minority students with financial hardships the opportunity to complete a college degree. Through partnerships with the United Negro...

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How to Apply for a Perkins Loan

Federal Perkins loans are available to students who require help to finance their college expenses. Over 1,800 post-secondary institutions in the United States participate in the Perkins program....

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How to Get Education Funding From a Church

No doubt about it, paying for college is tough. America's sky-high tuition rates make college a luxury few can afford. Some turn to their congregations for help, and in some cases, a church will...

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How to Find Private Loan Lenders

Many students utilize private loans to pay for their college education. Students normally search for private loan lenders after reaching the maximum loan limit for Federal Stafford Loans. There are a...

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How to Get Financial Aid to Attend Graduate School in New York State

Paying for graduate school can be exceptionally difficult, particularly if you are applying as an independent and will not be able to work while you are in school. Also, while many colleges and...

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How to Get Scholarships for Law School

Law school can be a significant financial burden, particularly if you are paying for it yourself and are attending full time. While difficult, it is possible to obtain scholarships for law school. The...

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How to Qualify for Federal Financial Aid

With the high cost of college tuition averaging in the thousands of dollars per year, most everyone needs help to cover the expense. Applying for federal financial aid is the way to go. When you apply...

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How to Spot Grant Scams

If you get a call from a representative of a government agency that claims you are eligible to receive thousands of dollars in free grant money, chances are someone is trying to swindle you. Grant...

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How to Get Free Money For School

Whether you're going to college as a new undergraduate, or going back to school mid-career, you will need to come up with a sizeable amount of money to do so. Happily, there are plenty of ways to...

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How to Get Rid of Student Loans

Student loan debt is one of the most significant forms of debt facing many people in their 20s through 40s in the United States today. Significant student loan debt can negatively affect which home you...

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How to Get a Student Loan in Georgia

If you need funding in order to attend a college or university in the state of Georgia, you can get a student loan to help pay your way. The process of applying for a student loan in Georgia is not...

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How to Apply for College Financial Aide

OK, so you've been accepted in to college. First step down. Now comes the hard part: How are you going to pay for it? It's really not as hard as it would seem. With a little bit of patience, basic...

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How to Find Scholarship Applications

Paying for college these days is proving to be more difficult than ever. Tuition costs even for a single semester could be in the thousands. The type of scholarship you will be eligible for will depend...

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How to Find Student Loan Status

When people fill out an application to receive a student loan, they often wonder how they can find out about the status of their student loan. Finding out the status of a student loan is easy to do as...

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How to Find Funding for College for Free

Everyone knows that college is essential for a high paying job. The only problem is that it can be quite expensive. For this reason, many people feel that college is simply out of the question. At...

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How to Get Money to Pay for Doctor Bills

If you have no medical insurance, landing in the hospital can be painful in more ways than one. Outstanding medical bills can ruin your credit and get you in a lot of trouble, so it’s important that...

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How to Pay for Nursing School

Becoming a nurse is a great occupational choice because of the very high demand for skilled healthcare professionals. You can be a nurse in a hospital, a doctor's office, a health insurance company, a...

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How to Stretch Financial Aid Funds

Depending on where you go to college, you may be able to get a refund check from financial aid. What this means is that if you spend your money wisely, you will have extra income to help you throughout...

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How to Find a Weekend Job While Attending College

Whether you live at home or at school makes a big difference finding a weekend job while attending college. Living at home, you have the advantage of having a summer job that will let you continue on...

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How to Rent Textbooks

The cost of textbooks can be outrageous. Many people thinki they can always sell the books back to the bookstore. The only downside is that companies release new editions so often that a textbook can...

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How to Get Financial Aid for Middle Aged College Students

Funding a college education presents a special challenge for middle-aged students. Getting the financing you need will take time but with persistence and the right information, you'll find the help you...

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How to Find Grants on the Internet

Finding grants on the Internet is as simple as conducting an appropriate and winning search. To do this, open a major search engine like Yahoo! or Google and type in "Official government grants" or...

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How to Find a Grant for Being Left-Handed

Being left-handed is a characteristic that many have. Some are naturally this way, and some were forced to use their left hand when using the right hand was no longer possible. No matter what the...

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How to Save Money on College Books

One college cost that students don't always figure into their budget until they get to campus is for textbooks. There are ways around spending an arm and a leg for college books. If you are...

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Determining Credit Scores

A credit score is a number lenders use to judge potential clients. It represents the risk a lender assumes when lending a person money. For most of us, determining credit scores is easy. Step 1 below...

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What to Do With Old Edition Textbooks

Many students find themselves in a dilemma at the end of a semester when bookstores will not buy back their textbooks. Students paid hundreds of dollars just months before, and now they can’t recoup...

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Getting Grants for School

Financing higher education is a formidable task for students and their families every year. The monetary cost of a degree may even seem a bigger hurdle to overcome than the completion of academic...

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How to Get Financial Aid for Single Mothers

Going back to college can be a great way for single mothers to create a better life for themselves and their children. Most single moms don’t have the cash or savings to put themselves through college,...

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Finding Weird Scholarships

It's no secret that college tuition rates have gone from expensive to astronomically unaffordable, sending many high-school students scrambling for student loans and applying for scholarships left and...

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How to Use a College Financial Aid Calculator

Determining how much money you need to afford college can be a difficult and stressful task due to the many different expenses you must consider. College financial aid calculators make the task more...

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How to Qualify for Financial Aid

College is expensive enough to put you in debt for most of your life. Paying for college is a tough and daunting task for many families and students. Some take out loans, others drain their savings and...

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How to Get Assistance for College for Low Income Families

College is a great opportunity for all students, no matter what their financial status may be. Everybody deserves a chance at a great college education. If you are on a tight budget or low income,...

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