How College Money Network Is Good for You

July 20th, 2008

Just in case you missed my first announcement about the new, fantastic, exciting College Money Network, here’s another plug: are you in college? did you recently graduate? are you a 20-something, or are you the parent/friend/sibling of a 20-something?

Well, CMN is the PF site you can’t miss. All of the authors (Including yours truly, ahem) are either students or recent grads, with opinions and philosophies and tips and tricks that directly relate to how to manage money as a student.

To give you a sampling, here are some of my favorite posts among the CMN crew from this last week:

MFA or Bust gives some advice on how to ask for more, when it comes to college funding. Let’s cross our fingers that her savvy negotiating makes school more affordable for her! And why not use her advice to improve your own assistance package?

Broke Grad Student discusses a question almost every student asks, when considering grad school: Should you take a break between undergrad and grad school, or no? Have an opinion on that? Go weigh in!

Whether you’re a student or not, you’re probably feeling the sting of gas prices. Stephanie at Poorer Than You tells how she’s fighting the effects. Check out her post, Saving Money on Driving, One Way or Another.

College is often the time when kids first become independent, learning to do things, even manage money, on their own. Broke-Ass Student brings up an interesting question: Is Your Money Safe in the Bank?. What do you think?

A genuine highlight of my week’s reading was Laura’s post, The Best Job Hunt Post: Top 40 Links from the Web at Green Panda Treehouse. We all have to look for a job sometime; it’s just the way of things. And with today’s extremely competitive marketplace, it pays to do your homework.