Financial Aid News, September 2007 Issue
This month, we welcome you back to school with 9 common pitfalls of campus credit cards, plus a bevy of blog posts, including one about being real careful what you put on your MySpace profile!
Welcome back - and as always, if you have comments or questions, please give us a call toll-free at (877) 328-1565. If you know someone who should be getting this newsletter but isn’t, please forward them a copy!
Christopher Penn, Editor
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Featured SLN Announcement
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Reminder: be sure you’ve filed your FAFSA and applied for the maximum amount of federal student loans like the Stafford Loan, too.
Featured Article: Campus Credit Card Pitfalls
College students are used to seeing tables set up around campus pushing credit cards, especially at the beginning of the semester when credit card offers seem to hit you from all angles. A credit card or two can really come in handy sometimes and can also be a good way to build your credit (and get some cool swag at those tables). So, what’s the problem?
The problem is that almost half of all college students accumulate late fees on their cards and even more carry balances from month to month, leading to college graduates leaving school with an average of $7,000 balances.
This doesn’t help your finances or your credit score at all and you can face some long term effects after you graduate. With the semester kicking off, check out the 9 things to know before taking the free t-shirt.
Last Words: Selections from Student Loan Network Experts
- Monique Leonard shows you last minute tips for financial aid…
- Jennifer Roberts lists 5 tips for affordable grad student living…
- Two from me. First, an eye opener about what you put on your MySpace profile…
- And second, an explanation of all the turmoil in the financial markets…
Please take a moment to rate these blog posts and many more at Financial Aid News Stories (FANS)!
http://www.FinancialAidNews.com/fans/
This month, expert SLN scholarship hunter Russ Ain jumps in and doubles the number of scholarships available daily! StudentScholarshipSearch.com has just topped $9.5 billion in total scholarship dollars available! Here’s a short selection of the most recent scholarships added to the database.
- Davis-Putter Scholarship
- Stokes Educational Scholarship Program
- Evalee C. Schwarz Charitable Trust for Education
- Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship
- Elwood Grimes Literary Scholarship
- Daylon’s “Spring Break” Scholarship
You can view the past 30 days’ most recent scholarships at StudentScholarshipSearch.com, where all scholarships are published without you having to register or submit personal information:
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