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Should I drop out of college if it’s hurting me financially?

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Should I drop out of college if it’s hurting me financially? I’m 27. Prior to going back to school in the fall of 2024 I had an office job for an insurance company. I had an associates degree in computer engineering already. My Fafsa covered most of my tuition at my local university. The only issue now is that I couldn’t work my office job and go to classes since classes are during the day. So I’m workin…

Reddit Personal Finance 969 2025-03-03

Am I stupid for not moving in with family for free rent? (22 year old college grad)

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Am I stupid for not moving in with family for free rent? (22 year old college grad) I pretty recently graduated from school and currently live in my college town, and am going to be staring my first “real” job soon. I’m a single male andI pay about $650/m to live with two other roommates. I’m debating moving in with some extended family though, which would save me $8000 a year on rent. I specifically have an uncle who lives in …

Reddit Personal Finance 708 2025-02-28

How much money should a 19y/o college student have saved?

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How much money should a 19y/o college student have saved? Pretty much the title, I’m a full time student and college has been pretty stressful for me. It’s been hard dealing with the workload of both college and a part time job so I chose college instead. I did work for ~5 months and saved majority of the money from that job. I live at home and go to an in-state college but my financial aid covers ever…

Reddit Personal Finance 1.1k 2025-02-28

Should I pay college debt or invest in a roth ira?

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Should I pay college debt or invest in a roth ira? If I’ll have 50k college debt by the time I finish college. And have 20k rn. Should I invest it in a roth ira over the years or use it for college debt? I’m not 100% sure what’s the correct answer so I want advice. submitted by /u/lonlysoul101

Reddit Personal Finance 487 2025-02-24

Wheaton College clash over Russell Vought escalates, exposing evangelical fault lines

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Wheaton College clash over Russell Vought escalates, exposing evangelical fault lines (RNS) — The college’s social media post about alumnus and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has led to two open letters that reveal competing interpretations of Christian values. The post Wheaton College clash over Russell Vought escalates, exposing evangelical fault lines appeared first on RNS.

Religion News Service 416 2025-02-20

I’m about to graduate college with a job lined up and a considerable amount saved. What now?

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I’m about to graduate college with a job lined up and a considerable amount saved. What now? I (22m) am moving to a new city after college. I have around 75k saved up from internships and investments. I will graduate with a STEM degree, and I’ve accepted a position at a company that I’ll start a couple months after I graduate (80k yr). What do I need to do now? What kind of things do I need to account for? Save for? Should I try to buy …

Reddit Personal Finance 944 2025-02-18

How can I build financial literacy as a naive 20 something year old college student?

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How can I build financial literacy as a naive 20 something year old college student? I’m young, I was dumb. Live with parents, never worked. Have some funds saved up. I want to start seeking side hustles in college and right now the only strong asset I have is that I have the intention to be as frugal as possible and make sure my money can get as far as it can. I also will try my best to not take out any loans and if I ever come…

Reddit Personal Finance 507 2025-02-14

Roth IRA questions from a financially illiterate college student

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Roth IRA questions from a financially illiterate college student I opened up a Roth IRA account about 2 years ago and I have put money into it, but is it true you have to invest that money? It’s not done automatically? If so how do I goa bout knowing which accounts to invest money into, some accounts have a minimum of $3000, but was I supposed to max every year and then invest after maxing out? My max a year …

Reddit Personal Finance 342 2025-02-12

I’m a college student and I don’t know anything about saving or investing. Any help?

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I’m a college student and I don’t know anything about saving or investing. Any help? Hey guys, 21 years old college student here. To be honest, I know nothing about saving up or investing money. Heck, I don’t even have a savings account opened up, and I’m living paycheck to paycheck from my minimum wage job. Is there any advice you can give to someone like me who knows nothing about personal finance and investing? Just simple ti…

Reddit Personal Finance 813 2025-02-05

Sources: Gambling ring also tied to college hoops

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Sources: Gambling ring also tied to college hoops The gambling ring being investigated for two NBA betting cases also was involved in unusual wagering on at least three men’s college programs, sources told ESPN.

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LPT Request: College benefits

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LPT Request: College benefits Recently became a grad student. What are the discounts/deals/things to get to take advantage of student status? submitted by /u/delnith

Life Pro Tips 352 2025-02-02

20, College Student, Pay off loans or invest?

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20, College Student, Pay off loans or invest? I am a 2nd year Mechanical engineering student, who is about to come into $4,000 which is a lot of money to me. I live at home and have taken on $15,000 in loans at 6.5% interest. I make monthly payments that essentially cancel the interest. I have been so focused on paying for school (I’ve contributed $10,000 besides the loans) that I haven’t s…

Reddit Personal Finance 468 2025-02-02

Wanting to gift my son $20k for graduating college. But how?

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Wanting to gift my son $20k for graduating college. But how? I know it’s not a large amount of money, but it’s $19,950 more than I had when I graduated. He has a decent vehicle, so need to purchase a new one. A few options I’m considering: 1) giving it to him in a lump sum. Tell him to buy a “want” but no more than $1000 to scratch the itch of wanting to spend it 2) use it to make his student loan payme…

Reddit Personal Finance 922 2025-02-01

19, curious about what to do with college refund

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19, curious about what to do with college refund Hello! I just started my sophomore year of college; for Fall 2024, I received a refund amounting to nearly $6,000. No strings attached, no “pay it back later”, as I already checked with my financial aid office. For someone at my age (who is relatively inexperienced with finance), what would be the best course of action for these funds? I’m wanti…

Reddit Personal Finance 410 2025-01-31

Looking for SMM for Mom – College Consultant

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Looking for SMM for Mom – College Consultant My mother is a college consultant solopreneur. She has 10+ clients but is looking to add more. Her social media goals are to: 1. generate high-quality organic leads 2. inspire and teach her following (to keep leads warm and have sharable content for her current clients to share with their friends) Her ICP is an educated Mom of a high-school stud…

Reddit Social Media 420 2025-01-29