Comments on: Use Your Tuition Refund to Get Ahead http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/ Where finance and reality meet Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:57:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jacqueline http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 Jacqueline Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:23:18 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-2487 Did Claudia not learn that i should be an upper case I... Ms. "Typo" and correct grammar. Did Claudia not learn that i should be an upper case I… Ms. “Typo” and correct grammar.

]]> By: Ann-Marie http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 Ann-Marie Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:40:27 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-1834 One caveat I would mention is to first make sure that any refund is yours to keep! I had student loans in grad school and one semester I was pleasantly surprised to find out I had won a scholarship. When I got the check, I quickly put it toward some debt I had accumulated. A few weeks later, I got a bill in the mail for the amount of my scholarship. After several phone calls, I found out my scholarship counted as extra income, which reduced the amount of student loans I was eligible for. So I had to come up with cash I didn't have to effectively pay for the scholarship I had won. Lesson learned: Make sure it's definitely yours before you spend it! One caveat I would mention is to first make sure that any refund is yours to keep! I had student loans in grad school and one semester I was pleasantly surprised to find out I had won a scholarship. When I got the check, I quickly put it toward some debt I had accumulated. A few weeks later, I got a bill in the mail for the amount of my scholarship. After several phone calls, I found out my scholarship counted as extra income, which reduced the amount of student loans I was eligible for. So I had to come up with cash I didn’t have to effectively pay for the scholarship I had won.

Lesson learned: Make sure it’s definitely yours before you spend it!

]]> By: Alex http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-1833 Alex Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:40:05 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-1833 Great advice, Kyle. How much money to pay towards debt vs how much to store in the emergency fund is something I've been figuring out since I graduated 4 years ago. Having chosen to save more and pay less on my students loans paid off after deciding to go into business for myself full-time-- one of the long term goals you CORRECTLY mentioned! BTW, thanks again for adding your blog to YPBLOGS.com. Great advice, Kyle. How much money to pay towards debt vs how much to store in the emergency fund is something I’ve been figuring out since I graduated 4 years ago. Having chosen to save more and pay less on my students loans paid off after deciding to go into business for myself full-time– one of the long term goals you CORRECTLY mentioned!

BTW, thanks again for adding your blog to YPBLOGS.com.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 Kyle Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:49:47 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-1832 Thanks for the comment Claudia, I try my best to proof what I write as well as the posts of my guest authors. I am not, nor do I claim to be, an English major I write abuot finance and money not commas and semicolons. I hope you don't judge everyone on their use of grammar as it is the content that matters. Thanks for the comment Claudia, I try my best to proof what I write as well as the posts of my guest authors. I am not, nor do I claim to be, an English major I write abuot finance and money not commas and semicolons. I hope you don’t judge everyone on their use of grammar as it is the content that matters.

]]> By: claudia http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 claudia Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:09:55 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-1831 Doesn't anyone proof their blogs before publishing? Very first sentence, typo. I take bloggers a whole lot less seriously when i find posts littered with typos or grammatical issues. Doesn’t anyone proof their blogs before publishing? Very first sentence, typo. I take bloggers a whole lot less seriously when i find posts littered with typos or grammatical issues.

]]> By: Laura http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-1830 Laura Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:26:39 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-1830 Good point Stephanie! You don't realize how much money you spend just getting started. I'm glad you have a fund ready to go when you graduated. Good point Stephanie! You don’t realize how much money you spend just getting started. I’m glad you have a fund ready to go when you graduated.

]]> By: Stephanie PTY http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-1829 Stephanie PTY Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:39:27 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-1829 Great post, as usual, from Laura! My suggestion, though, once you have an emergency fund, is to start working toward a "getting established fund." Have money put aside to tackle everything that happens as you transition out of college. From the little things like printing resumes, getting your car registered in a new state if you move, buying suits for interviews, to big things like security deposits and furniture for your first apartment. How much you need in a Getting Established Fund with vary from person to person... but it's almost always more than you think you need! My own GE fund has been a lifesaver so far! Great post, as usual, from Laura! My suggestion, though, once you have an emergency fund, is to start working toward a “getting established fund.” Have money put aside to tackle everything that happens as you transition out of college. From the little things like printing resumes, getting your car registered in a new state if you move, buying suits for interviews, to big things like security deposits and furniture for your first apartment. How much you need in a Getting Established Fund with vary from person to person… but it’s almost always more than you think you need! My own GE fund has been a lifesaver so far!

]]> By: Josh Smith http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/08/31/use-your-tuition-refund-to-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-1828 Josh Smith Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:12:05 +0000 http://www.suburbandollar.com/?p=1429#comment-1828 Great idea, just make sure you don't do this with money left over on your account from student loans. Great idea, just make sure you don’t do this with money left over on your account from student loans.

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