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Facebook Fan Page Added!
Debt-free Scholar finally has its own Facebook page! I have been intending to build one for a while, and, earlier this week, I finally did it. Now all you Facebook-using college students can learn more about college while browsing Facebook! [Note: This is not an excuse to waste your time on Facebook. ] The Facebook [...]
42 Bite-Sized Tips for College Freshmen
The first year of college is always difficult as students acclimate to a new environment, learn to function on their own, and begin working toward their degree. Hopefully these forty-two bite-sized tips will help make that important year just a little easier. Get to know fellow students. Networking is crucial to success. Get organized. (Unless you want [...]
10 More Ways to Waste Money In College
A few month ago I published a very popular post called “12 Ways To Waste Money In College“. Because of that post’s popularity, I have decided to write a continuation of it. Today, I explain ten more ways that college students often waste money. Avoid these dangerous money drains! DVD Rental Many people spend more money than [...]
Win an HP “Better Together” Computer Bundle!
This giveaway is now over. Look for new coupons and contests in Debt-free Scholar’s “Steals and Deals” category. Today is the day! Almost a month after I originally announced the Back To School: Better Together giveaway, the drawing is now live here on Debt-free Scholar! Between today (Monday, August 31) and next Friday (September 4 at 11:59 [...]
August ’09 Top College Post Winners
This is the August edition of the Top Posts for Frugal Scholars Contest. Here you will find the ten posts from this month that I consider most useful for money-conscious college students. The top college posts for this month cover many important topics ranging from time management to financial simplification. In them, you will learn the [...]
If You Don’t Smile Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later
Everyone knows smiling is important, but why exactly is it? In what way does smiling help you? Today, I will explain nine ways in which smiling helps you thrive both physically and emotionally. Physically 1. Smiling Makes You More Attractive Just as frowning can make a naturally beautiful (or handsome) person ugly, smiling can make anyone more [...]
The Visual Guide to Renting Textbooks Online
Online textbook rental is an interesting new way that college students can save money. Instead of buying used or new books and hoping to resell them after you finish, you can rent textbooks – often for half the retail price! For more information about how textbook renting saves you money and time, read my post, “Why Rent Textbooks?” [...]
5 Tips For Moving To College
This is a guest post by Patty Walk, the loving mom of two college graduates. On her blog, Your Empty Nest, she writes about the high school/college transition period… from a mom’s perspective. I’ve now sent two boys off to college, one to the University of Southern California and the other to The Citadel. Moving away [...]
Book Review: The Healthy College Cookbook
Once a week I try to review some book related to college in order to lend some guidance to a field that has become completely overrun. So many people are writing test guides and college help books that it is easy to buy a product which is not useful and which will be occupying space [...]
Free eBook: Tips on Writing In College
Once a month, I plan to release a free ebook that will provide tips for college success. Each ebook in the “Tips On College” series will feature an interview with a college professional who will answer important questions in their particular area of expertise. The ebooks are available, free of charge, to all RSS or [...]
