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The typical college scholarship has a few entry requirements -- an application, an essay, maybe even an interview. But to win one of the culinary scholarships to Le Cordon Bleu, one of the world's premiere cooking schools, you'll have to cook to earn your tuition. Le Cordon Bleu gives away more...

It's the middle of the night, and you're sitting in your dorm room, stomach growling louder than your iPod. But who will deliver at this hour? That's exactly the situation that CampusFood.com was created for. Thirteen years ago, company president Michael Saunders was a college junior at Penn,...

If you just completed your FAFSA form -- the free application for federal student aid -- you may be wondering when you'll find out just how much the federal government will kick in for your degree. Fortunately, checking the FAFSA status of your application is quick and easy. How soon you can...

In this recession, we've grown used to the idea of a job shortage. But according to a Northeastern University study, in the next few years, there won't be a shortage of jobs -- there will be a shortage of people to fill them. What job tops that list? Nursing. In the next 10 years, America will...

Unlike other teenage guys who were more interested in video games than volunteering, Aaron Chadbourne was a kid who was active in his small town of Gorham, Maine. He got involved every way he could -- president of the National Honor Society, collecting Christmas gifts for his less-fortunate peers,...

Ever since she watched an inner-city teacher change the lives of his calculus students in the movie "Stand and Deliver", Rita Soledad Fernandez knew she wanted to be a math teacher. "I see education as a way of social change," Fernandez said in an interview with WalletPop. "I wanted to teach...

On her first day of her new internship, Elizabeth's boss invited her out for a drink with all the other new staff. But when she showed up at the bar and none of her co-workers were there, she started to wonder if something was wrong. Elizabeth took the internship at a large international...

No doubt about it. Going to college is exciting. But paying for it? Not so much. More like stressful, overwhelming and even panic inducing. Whoa, there -- take a deep breath. Learn the basics of financial aid (and finding the cheapest colleges) and you're on the path to paying for college without...

I can remember being 17, sitting in our Michigan farmhouse, across the kitchen table from my mother. "You don't have to go there just because you got a scholarship," she said. "You can go to any other college you want. We'll make it work." A feeling of utter practicality took over my brain. Paying...

You know how your teachers always say that the "stupid question" you want to ask is probably the same one on everyone else's mind? Well, here's one: What's the difference between credit cards and debit cards? Maybe you thought you were the only one who didn't actually know, but that's where you're...