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grad school

Cheap Meal Ideas for Single Graduate Students

January 19, 2010 · 7 comments

in financial fitness, food, grad school, health, lifehack, low-income, nutrition, students

This post is really directed to anyone studying full-time or living on their own and working so much that the mere thought of making healthy meals tires you out.  Grad students’ situations just exemplify the worst of it.
The great thing about being single is being able to cook all of your own food (to put [...]

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Top 10 Reasons Not To Go To Graduate School

October 29, 2009 · 12 comments

in education, employment income, grad school, lifestyle design

We hear enough about reasons why it might be good to do a graduate degree.  Heck, we don’t even need to hear the reasons anymore because they are so ingrained in the discourse of college and early career-building phases themselves.
But how often do you see meetings, books, or announcements about the reasons you should not [...]

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Reasons You Should Get Started Investing While Still A Graduate Student

September 24, 2009 · 6 comments

in education, financial planning, grad school, investing, money decisions, students, time in the market, wealthbuilding

Dear Graduate Student, have you started your retirement savings plans yet?  Do you have a portfolio of growth stocks and ETFs in place yet?  Do you have a plan in place to contribute to these investment savings regularly?  If so, perfect.  Then you should probably be reading up on whether to invest in gold bullion [...]

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Reasons You Will Need Extra Cash For Finishing Your Master’s or PhD Thesis

September 22, 2009 · 1 comment

in education, emergencies, emergency fund, financial planning, grad school, savings, students

Planning your graduate career, or just looking ahead to being on the home stretch and getting that thesis out of the way? Don’t just count on the funding you might get from your program or teaching/research assignment. Writing a thesis is the perfect situation for which you should have a solid emergency fund in place.
Your [...]

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How Much It Costs to Apply To Graduate School

September 21, 2009 · 6 comments

in education, financial planning, grad school, money decisions, spending, students, universities

My advice: don’t overlook the little costs involved in furthering your education.  Applying to grad school is one of them.  We focus on the big ticket costs like tuition and accommodation, but this is one that sneaks in the back door and should be part of your budget.
The largest factor determining how much you will [...]

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The Real Costs of Graduate School

May 18, 2009 · 18 comments

in economy, education, financial planning, grad school

So, we’re in a prolonged recession.  Jobs for this year’s college graduates are supposedly all going to be at a standstill, causing new grads to have to settle for working in a field other than the one they did their Bachelor’s in or — gasp! — even taking a pay cut to work in their [...]

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