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Prepare for the Job Hunt Before You Graduate
Graduation will be here before you know it and you’ll start your job hunt. Whether you’re a senior, junior, sophomore or even a freshman, now is time to begin preparing for that day. Don’t put it off until your final semester, or even until your senior year. Now is...
Student Unions and Automatic Health/Dental Insurance
One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to student unions is their ability to take advantage of young adults that really have no idea about all of the costs that are tacked on to their tuition without them knowing it. The two main automatic adjustments that I took...
What if Your Degree Doesn’t Match What You Really Want to Do?
Having or working toward a degree that doesn’t match what you really want to do can put you between a rock and a hard place. Do you abandon your education in favor of what it is your really want to do, and waste thousands of hours of study and tens of thousands of...
Financial Support for Rural Students in Canada
I have always found that one of the major divides that gets little-to-no press across post-secondary campuses in Canada is the rural-urban split. It has always amazed me that young adults who lived with their parents and paid no rent would pour so much energy into...
Don’t Overlook Self-Employment as a Career Option
College students are typically enrolled in majors that will set them up with a good job upon graduation. Often overlooked is the possibility that a graduate may enter into self-employment, either directly upon graduation, or shortly after. It’s not easy to prepare for...
Five Ways to Make Money as a Tutor
Do you need to make some money, but your coursework doesn't allow time for a job? Think about tutoring. Before you dismiss it, there are more ways to make money doing it than most people assume. You probably have one or more skills you can tutor others in. Here are...
Life After University
Leaving university is an emotional experience: if you’re in your final year at the moment, chances are you’re trying not to think of the big black hole lurking after your final piece of coursework is handed in and the time’s up on your last exam. Media coverage of...
“Buying RESPs” – What Parents Don’t Understand
If you haven’t read any of the RESP articles on this site yet, then you might not know what a huge fan I am of the Registered Education Savings Plan program. Check out these articles if you want the details of RESPs, but the Coles’ notes version of the program is...
How Much Should a Professor’s Salary Be?
As government budgets get squeezed tighter and tighter these days, and their commitment to young people rests at the weird intersection of democracy and age demographics, it is somewhat inevitable that their contribution to post-secondary education costs will continue...
How Much Should I Get In Student Loans?
Most young students that I remember figured that whatever “free money” the government was willing to give loan them was ok by them and defaulted to taking the maximum student loan possible. Consequently, for many people who want to give students advice, the question...
Saving for College Education Should Start When Your Child is Still an Embryo
It is no longer wishful thinking to advance the cause of an unborn child getting quality college education. Findings in the US place the number of parents setting aside savings for the college tuition of their not-yet-born children, at twelve percent higher, than...
How To Choose The Best Student Accommodation
Once a student has decided what they want to study and where, the next big decision they have to make is where they are going to live during the time of their study. Students have lots of choices on places where to live while studying but they have to weigh the pros...
My Love-Hate Relationship With The Campus Bookstore
As a book nerd, I’m all about bookstores. I love the atmosphere, the celebration of literature, and the quiet library-esque respect that generally pervades the area. Campus bookstores are pretty cool places if you are into book culture. I always find them extremely...
How to Manage Student Debt
Being a student can be tough. Long days in the lecture hall, long nights in the library and weekends spent working in part time employment. On top of this, the cost of books, equipment and living expenses will likely leave you in debt. However, you can survive being a...
How You Need To Navigate The Student Loans System
So after our look at the student loan game plan on Tuesday, today we look at how to respond if you want to to further your student loan cause: 1) Calmly remind yourself not to swear or berate anyone because that gives them the only excuse they need to hang up the...
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