After 1,500 students entered its $5,000 Average Student Scholarship contest, CollegeHumor decided to dedicate an entire fund to recognizing students for accomplishments that usually go unrewarded. The CollegeHumor Random Student Scholarship Fund kicks off with the Broke-Ass Student Scholarship, an effort to find the most broke college student in the U.S. and reward them for ...
Whether you want to save up for the latest gadget, future travels, or to fund hobbies, finding effective savings methods is often the most difficult task you’ll encounter when attempting to hold on to money. More often than not, you’ll cut down on your spending by attempting to be frugal for a short amount of ...
Living off-campus is a popular choice for many students, whether they’re looking to get away from draconian dorm life, venture out to the fringes of fraternity and sorority life, or play it cheap by staying at home. When it comes to a distant class commute, though, trekking from afar becomes a drag when you rely ...
Is it worth it to work at your college while taking classes at the same time? You know the short version of this post (Pro: you get money. Con: you have to work more.) but every job is different, and some might be more suited to your taste than others. Here’s a rundown on the ...
You hate Ticketmaster fees? Get in line. No one wants to pay them, but these same people don’t know how to get around them. Here’s the deal, you don’t have to even buy tickets for shows if you’re smart. There are plenty of ways to get around all the drama and still get into the ...
During this year’s equal pay day, women appreciate the advances they have made as well as the road left yet to travel. Take the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act anniversary of earlier this year. Lilly Ledbetter sued Goodyear in 1998 for discrimination when earlier in her career she discovered she was paid less than her male ...
In college, you have to handle your budget. Unfortunately for many of us, that can be difficult: you pay for the Internet one week and you find out you have no money for books, or socks, or suddenly you’re ten-thousand dollars deep in gambling debt. It happens to all of us (okay, maybe just me?) ...
Guess what? It’s tax season. What are you going to do about it? For college students, filing taxes is an incredibly daunting task. After voting on taxes last November, and listening to endless political arguments about who should pay them, the last thing you want to do is file your taxes. Well, whether you’re claiming ...
The end of college brings many questions for young adults. These days, poor economic conditions and increased acceptance of debt rewards the continuance of higher education to get a masters degree or even higher. A great number of recent graduates are either unable to find work or are taking entry level service jobs in the ...
College can seem like a great opportunity to pick up a job on the side: there are plenty of options, and all your employers offer half-time because they understand that you’re juggling a full course load. Besides, those Happy Hour chicken wings and beer won’t pay for themselves. But deciding to get a student job ...
“Check this out, all right. I’m the President of the United States. We only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. That wasn’t that long ago.” – President Barack Obama, April 2012 For those of you in school, or the 20% of Americans who are paying off your ridiculous student loans, your ...
Money. It’s a pretty big deal, and if you don’t think so, feel free to send me all of yours. A lot of Hack College articles focus on how to make money, keep money, save money, and even how best to spend your money, and, while those articles are all helpful, this ...
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