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About ZackZack has a degree in political science and international relations from The Ohio State University. Currently, he is attending law school in Columbus, Ohio. He learned the hard way in college about budgeting his money, and decided to help other students avoid the same headache. Zack can be reached at zack@collegefinance101.com.
Latest Posts by Zack
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Scholarships for Bloggers
By Zack on July 16, 2008 | No Comments
I’m going to keep this short because I’m overseas and told myself I wouldn’t work much. But my Blackberry keeps vibrating with tons of scholarship offers getting emailed to me, so I figured I would forward them along quickly. Scholarship for blogging from CollegeScholarships.org ... -
10 Ways To Avoid Arguments With Your Parents About Mo...By Zack on July 6, 2008 | No Comments
As most of you reading this post probably know, the discussion with your parents regarding money while you’re in college is definately a sensitive one. If they are helping you out, however much, while you’re in college, it is their money. If you are paying for the majority of your ex... -
The $150k hole… that you can dig yourself out o...
As I signed my promissory note for my loan for the first year of law school, only one word came to my head: DEBT. Signing this guarantees that you will pay it back (plus interest) once you graduate from law school. In reality, this means that you’re guaranteeing that you will pass all of you... -
The College Loan Crunch
So, you’ve all undoubtedly heard about the recession we’ve gotten ourselves into. Unfortunately, even though you probably don’t have a home mortgage, or have thousands of dollars in one of the investment banks that went under, you’re still going to run into credit problems p... -
Investing for College Students: Part 2 - Exploring Yo...By Zack on June 28, 2008 | No Comments
So, you’ve FINALLY saved some money up, and now you want to see it grow. One of the things that I wish I would have realized a long time ago is that while it IS important how hard you work, its even MORE important how hard you make you money work FOR you! While the stock market can be very be... -
Investing for College Students: Part 1 - SAVE!By Zack on June 24, 2008 | No Comments
Generally, college students are poor. It’s not your fault, I swear. I remember during my first two years of undergrad, I tried to keep up with all of my friends. I bought Chipotle almost everyday (double meat, carnitas and chicken), ran up bar tabs and didn’t even care to look at how ... -
Candidates v. Credit CrunchBy Zack on May 19, 2008 | No Comments
While the three main contenders for President (Clinton, Obama, McCain) have consistently spewed rhetoric onto our televisions, radios, and into our ears the past several months regarding Iraq, healthcare, Social Security, and immigration, these are not the issues that matter to American voters. The... -
What is Credit?By Zack on May 4, 2008 | No Comments
So you’re probably sitting there asking yourself: What is credit? Do I need it? Why? It can be a big pain to build credit, maintain credit, etc. Trust me. I didn’t even realize it until I was a senior in college. I fell into the category of “I need money NOW” during undergrad, got the money ... -
Employers Check Your Credit Too!By Zack on May 4, 2008 | 2 Comments
In this article today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it talks about how employers are checking credit scores more and more. According to the article, the occurrence of credit checks done by potential employers rose from 35% in 2004 to 42% in 2005. Thats a lot. That means that not only do you have t...
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