The path to higher education starts way before your senior year of high school, often as early as your freshman year. These blog posts will cover the questions you have about finishing high school, the college admissions process, and financial aid. But not everything in this section is for high school students. You’ll learn about money management and standardized tests for prospective graduate students. Plus, we’ve thrown in a bit of history about higher education in the United States so you know what you’re getting yourself into. From finishing high school to paying for college, we have you covered.
Preparation

Note: This post was submitted to Student Caffé by Sam Casteris. Sam Casteris is an avid traveler, a lifelong lover of education, and a strong proponent of financial literacy. She is a regular contributor to Transfer Ways and Fresh U, where she writes tips for students and student transfers. Follow […]
How to Pinch Pennies and Save Money While in School

Standardized tests have become an essential part of the college application process, with most schools requiring scores from at least one test. Students who want a spot at the most competitive schools often take more than one test, even retaking tests multiple times throughout the year to try to get […]
Why Do Standardized Tests Matter?

Note: This post was submitted to Student Caffé by Lexi Carr. We would like to thank her for her submission and credit her as the author of this blog post. It's no secret—college is expensive. Between tuition, books, clothes, and food, not to mention the other worthwhile expenditures college kids find, […]
Six Tips to Help You Save Money in College

Note: We usually write to students and for students, but sometimes there’s a topic that is important enough to involve parents, and this blog post is going to cover one of those topics. That’s not to say that this topic isn’t of interest to students, because it is something that […]
Understanding 529 Savings Plans

A few years ago, I went through a phase where I was on the phone with the bank every couple of months to report credit card fraud. Sometimes the bank would send me a text about questionable charges. Sometimes I would notice something fishy when I went to pay my […]
What to Do If Your Debit or Credit Card Is Compromised

As summer progresses, incoming college freshmen (and transfer students!) are getting closer and closer to orientation. At small colleges, orientation often occurs shortly before the start of the semester, maybe a week before everyone else arrives back on campus—you’ll meet your RA, move in to your dorm room, and have […]
How to Take Advantage of College Orientation

When it comes to making purchases, many of us are guilty of buying things that we don’t really want, don’t really need, or won’t really use. It’s easy to let your closet grow so much that you couldn’t possibly wear everything in a year, or your DVD collection to balloon […]
Techniques to Help You Make Smart Purchasing Decisions

Note: This post was submitted to Student Caffé by Andrew Rombach. We would like to thank him for his submission and credit him as the author of this blog post. Andrew is a content associate at LendEDU, a financial product marketplace and consumer education website. Andrew graduated from college in 2016 […]
Why You Should Look at College as Your First Major Investment

Although college is expensive, it does come with some perks. One of the best things about being a student is all of the discounts that come with the title! Many companies offer discounts to students, some of which you may already be aware of, but some you may not; they’re […]
The Best Student Discounts You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

You may have come across the phrase “historically black colleges and universities” when performing a college search and wondered what it means for an institution to be historically black. It actually is as simple as it sounds; historically black colleges and universities (also called HBCUs) are those that have a […]
The History of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Budgeting is the best way to make sure that you know where all of your money is going each month. By monitoring all of the money coming into and going out of your accounts, you will be more aware of your spending habits and can make changes as needed to […]
A Quick Introduction to Budgeting for College Students

Al revisar vocabulario educativo con mis alumnos, claramente siempre surgen palabras tales como university, college, undergraduate, school, curriculum y demás. Las traducciones muchas veces suelen traer a confusión su correcta definición y como traductor de nuestra página web, me he dado cuenta de cuán diferentes nuestros sistemas educativos pueden llegar […]