Adulting 101

To graduate high school, you should take a personal finance class. If you were anything like me, you spend the entire time just going through the motions and forgetting everything afterwards. If you have yet to take your personal finance class, please learn from my mistake and pay attention.   If you already have, that is okay. This is a quick overview of banking and budgeting. I tried explaining the banking system to a 8 year old once, and he told me it was crazy we all put

Credit is a headache, because it costs us more in the long run but if we have never participated in credit it makes it harder for us in the future. So let's talk about how to use credit without losing money.

The miscellaneous advice I have for university students. This is my big sister rant for anyone going to college.

Basic rundown of how university students can get accommodations.

This is a quick explanation of Title IX protections that American University students should have access to.

Okay, let’s get one thing out of the way, applying for scholarships can be a full time job. There are plenty of myths about scholarships that turned out untrue for me, but maybe they work for you.            The first myth is something that I made most of my academic decisions based on up until college. The good old “if you get straight A’s, have a stellar ACT score, and are an overall good person, colleges will pay to get you.” I did my best, I think during COVID and online

Another of those necessary evils. The FASFA. This is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It’s main purpose is to determine if you, the student, is eligible for any federal grants or loans. Basically all federal aid is need based. Some things are for academic achievements like high test scores on the ACT or SAT.           Important dates to remember: The FASFA usually opens at the start of October. The deadline is 2 years later in June. Corrections are after that in