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Cheap Meal Ideas for Single Graduate Students

January 19, 2010 · 8 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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Reasons You Should Get Started Investing While Still A Graduate Student

September 24, 2009 · 10 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 · 2 comments

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.
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International Students: Things You Should Know About Getting Your Visa for Study in the U.S.

September 2, 2009 · 3 comments

in education, students, travel, universities

International students, it’s that time of year again.  Although statistics show that applications from international students for U.S. universities are down considerably compared to last year, there will still be a significant number of you enrolling this fall.  But in order to get things started at your chosen college, you will need to enter the [...]

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