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

The GMAT, or the Graduate Management Admission Test, is a standardized admissions test for prospective MBA students. Their scores on the test help business schools select which students they’d like to accept from the pool of applicants. So, if business school is on your mind, taking the GMAT (or maybe […]
Understanding the GMAT: A Test for Prospective MBA Students

Taking control of your finances is empowering and terrifying, especially if you’ve had your bank accounts managed by or shared with a parent for the majority of your life. It’s a big step on the way to becoming a responsible adult, but now you get to worry about whether your […]
Money Management Apps to Help You Stay on Top of Your Finances

You may remember that we’ve talked about the best ways to save money when you’re buying your textbooks, but we haven’t helped you out with selling them back… until now. Buying textbooks generally feels like a swift kick to the bank account, especially if you need to pick up generic […]
The Best Ways to Sell Your Used Textbooks

When you enter the workforce after graduation, you’ll surely hear the phrase “work-life balance.” A job with a good work-life balance lets you live a life outside of the office. That balancing act is trickier for students who plan to work and add school into the mix. How do you […]
How to Balance School and Work-Study without Losing It

While online colleges only began popping up in the 80s and 90s, they have redefined higher education for many students. In fact, in 2012, 11% of U.S. undergraduates and 22% of U.S. graduate students were enrolled in online colleges. If you need further proof that they’re here to stay, turn […]
Four Myths about Online Colleges Debunked

If you’ve binge-watched Gilmore Girls like I have, you’ll know that for most of her life, Rory Gilmore wanted to go to Harvard. Her grandfather was opposed—he was a Yale man—and he did his best to convince Rory to follow his lead. When she began to show interest in Yale, […]
Legacy Applicants and Legacy Students: An FAQ

Most colleges operate on a semester system, meaning that the school year is divided into two halves, one running from August to December and the other from January to May. A short winter break and a longer summer break separate the two semesters. Large universities and community colleges may offer […]
What the Trimester System Is Really Like

Trying to decide between two (or more) colleges is a good problem to have. It means you have options, and you probably have a couple of good ones. If you’re excited by more than one of the possibilities within your reach, if you have to decide between two colleges, making […]
How to Decide between Two Colleges

It’s very cliché to say so, but college is a time of great change. When I first prepared to go to college, my mom added me onto her credit card as an authorized user so that I would have money available in case of an emergency. We talked about how […]
A Quick Introduction to Credit Cards for College Students

If you have friends or classmates who are seniors, you know that exhaustion and hard work characterize the college application process. Do your future self a favor, and start thinking about applications now! Although you won’t have access to application and FAFSA forms until the fall, you can use this […]
Spring Semester Checklist for Juniors Planning to Apply to College

If you spent the fall semester of your senior year of high school applying to college, rejoice! Your applications are in, and you have but one semester of high school left to go. That deserves a congratulations in its own right, but don’t get too carried away with the celebrations. […]
Spring Semester Checklist for Seniors Applying to College

It may seem like a hassle to get back your standardized test scores, but really, the only hard part is waiting. Instant gratification has always been a real problem of mine, and luckily, when I took the GRE, it spit out my scores right away. Unfortunately for all of the […]