collegestudents

As a college student/financial writer, I'm approached regularly by classmates and friends asking for help with their cover letters for job and internship applications.Most of the advice on these letters is obvious: Proofread, spell-check, try to sound intelligent, avoid cliches, etc. But in a post...

Pretty much everyone agrees that America's students are, financially speaking, some of the most screwed-over citizens we've got. Your average college student has no money, piles of debt, and these days, no real job prospects. But they have JetBlue. The airline is now offering student discounts of...

When I was getting ready to finance my college education, (after hitting up my parents) I looked to Federal Pell grants and the beloved FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). But things have changed, and in the age of Facebook and online interconnectivity, it only makes sense that...