Dollar Savings Direct Rate: 4.00% Fees: $0 Minimum: $1,000 As part of Emigrant Bank, Dollar Savings Direct is technically the oldest online bank around. With an APY of 4.00%, it is the best rate in town these days, but requires an initial deposit of $1,000. For most college students, that’s to...

Welcome to December. Home of cold weather, jolly men in red suits, and for all us in college, finals week. While many have a study habit of their own and each person being more or less receptive to another style, here are a few tips that can help everybody. Click here for healthy foods to help your ...

Saving money at college is tough, but it’s definitely possible. Once you scraped together some money, where do you go from there? Luckily, there are many options available, including the beautiful thing called “Online Banking.” Why Online Banking? Higher interest rates. Online ban...

With a brand new of experience of college or graduate school beginning, one tends to feel liberated by their choice of living away at school. Along with the new sense of freedom also comes the duty of responsibility. This often goes overlooked when move-in day occurs and can lead to speed bumps ahea...

This time of the year is when application deadlines approach even faster than the scholarships themselves. So if you’re in a bind, use these helpful hints to write a last minute scholarship essay. Just do it! This is the number one thing I cannot stress enough. Most colleges require a writte...

As a recent High School graduate, I have survived the insanity known as application season. As October ends and November starts, many college and scholarship applications come due, and many students are scrambling to start, finish or refine their writing. Out of all of the essays that students do du...