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Starting first job out of college- Put 90% of my paycheck into 401k for 2024 to try to max it out with only less than 2 months remaining?

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Starting first job out of college- Put 90% of my paycheck into 401k for 2024 to try to max it out with only less than 2 months remaining? I’m starting my first full-time job out of college next month in November 2024 for about 140k. This will be my first job of the calendar year, so I haven’t made any 401k contributions yet. I’m considering maxing out my 401k (contributing something like 90% of my paycheck) to take advantage of the 2024 contribution limit. My plan is to load up my…

Reddit Personal Finance 572 2024-10-24

529 college plan outside resident state

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529 college plan outside resident state I am an Arizona resident and planning to open a 529 account for my kid. From what I understand, the State of Arizona provides an income tax deduction for contributions made to any state’s 529 plan. With that said, I have a few questions: What is the best college saving plan offered by any state? Why would I or anyone even consider the AZ529 pla…

Reddit Personal Finance 392 2024-10-22

Military family – how to save for “college fund” for a child?

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Military family – how to save for “college fund” for a child? Military fam – so we move a lot. Not sure where we’ll end up, but I want to make sure my kids have a chunk of money for college SHOULD they decide to go to college / not follow suit with the military. 529s scare me because they’re state specific and have to be used for education right? Any recommendations on other ideas to save to get them enou…

Reddit Personal Finance 965 2024-07-28

Invest 2k or use it towards college?

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Invest 2k or use it towards college? Hello, I’m going off to college in less than a month and I got a lot of scholarships and a decent amount of federal aid. I would like to say that I am very lucky and grateful to have gotten as much aid as I did. I’m looking at about 9k a year that I will need to attend out of pocket. I’m not in a position where I cannot rely on anyone in my fami…

Reddit Personal Finance 1.3k 2024-07-27

17 y/o college financing

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17 y/o college financing I make ~$18/hr and am coming up on college this coming fall where I am paying ~5-8k out of pocket/in student loans for the first year. My boss plans to promote me to Manager when I turn 18 in August, which will boost me to $20/hr. I am working towards earning scholarships to cover the rest of my college tuition/COA sophomore year and beyond. I p…

Reddit Personal Finance 994 2024-07-26

NCAA College Football Teams to Start Using iPads for Video Replay

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NCAA College Football Teams to Start Using iPads for Video Replay A trio of NCAA college football conferences, including the SEC, ACC, and Big Ten, recently announced that coaches and players will use iPads on the sidelines of games for video replay purposes starting in the upcoming 2024 season. “We’re thrilled the SEC, ACC, and Big Ten are utilizing iPad, as its unique capabilities and versatility make it th…

Mac Rumors 1.2k 2024-07-25

VA 529 plan. My two oldest a refusing to go to college. What do I do?

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VA 529 plan. My two oldest a refusing to go to college. What do I do? OK my two oldest kids just graduated from high school. My father (their grandfather) and I opened VA 529s for each of them. One told me last week, and the other today they are unwilling to apply to any college. One doesn’t want to go at all, the other wants to take a gap year and then go part-time. Meaning the 3 year Cert. & associate degree pro…

Reddit Personal Finance 1.2k 2024-07-24

College Ambassador Programs

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College Ambassador Programs Hi hi, I am looking into a bunch of different college ambassador programs and am curious what people have found to be the best ones? I am not picky but I am curious if y’all have found any that offer monetary compensation on top of product sends? How did you get in contact with the brand (DM, app on site, email etc)? What posting reqs do they ha…

Reddit Social Media 529 2024-07-24

What’s the best transition from high school to college a show has ever had?

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What’s the best transition from high school to college a show has ever had? As a kid/pre-teen/teen I’ve always loved shows about high school (even-though I’ve never had the typical high school experience myself because I’m not from the US). But most of the shows I enjoyed like Buffy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, hell, even Beverly Hills 90210 etc. I’ve always lost interest as soon as they graduated and went to college (I …

Reddit Television 1.1k 2024-07-24

What to do with 5k as a college student with minimal expenses

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What to do with 5k as a college student with minimal expenses I am about to enter college. I am lucky enough for my parents to be paying for tuition, room and board, a meal plan, as well as health insurance and phone bill because I am still on their family plans. This means that my expenses are close to zero, probably just being a little bit of extra food because I don’t think the meal plan will completely…

Reddit Personal Finance 995 2024-07-23

Photography club at College?

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Photography club at College? I honestly don’t know if this is the right place to ask this question but yolo. I’m in the works of starting a photography club at my school and was wondering does anyone have any suggestions on what type of events may be fun? submitted by /u/indavewetrustt

Ask Photography 399 2024-07-18

College Planning for Kids when Sate College is Free.

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College Planning for Kids when Sate College is Free. I’m trying to figure out college planning for my three kids. I’m a 100% disabled veteran and live in NH. Because of this they can get free tuition and fees to a state school, but there is also a monthly tax free stipend (chap 35) that will cover room and board. So great! I don’t need to save for college! But the issue is that if they go out of s…

Reddit Personal Finance 951 2024-07-17

20k for Kids College

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20k for Kids College I was recently given a check for 20k from a relative (they just received a large inheritance) to put towards my kids college education. My oldest is starting kindergarten, so college is a ways away. What is the best way to invest this money? submitted by /u/mmower17

Reddit Personal Finance 492 2024-07-15

Court rules college athletes could be employees

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Court rules college athletes could be employees A U.S. appeals court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA’s long-held notion of amateurism, said a test should be developed to differentiate between students who play college sports for fun and those whose effort “crosses the legal line into work.”

ESPN 1.1k 2024-07-12