community college

Paying For College: The Broke Family’s 2-Step Guide

July 29, 2010

If you’re reading this blog, there’s a damned fine chance you’re in the same spot as Amia: you’re ready to go to college, except you’re broke and so is your family, so paying for college is a giant question mark. And even if “broke” isn’t exactly the right word, you still don’t have anywhere near [...]

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Does It Really Matter Where You Get Your Master’s?

June 24, 2010

If you read this blog often, you’d probably think that I’m on the payroll of the American Association of Community Colleges, as strongly and often as I advocate for doing your first two years at a community college. That’s exactly what Nate did, and he’s kept his student loan debt down to $5,000. Now, he [...]

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Does a Poor Family = Poor Prospects?

June 18, 2010

Paying for college can be a bitch for anyone, but it’s especially challenging when your family’s broke. Even if you are lucky enough to be the beneficiary of your college financial aid office’s largesse, there’s still an EFC involved if you don’t get a full ride, and even a couple thousand bucks can be far [...]

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Sex Therapy vs. Doggy Hotel: Aisha’s Quandary

June 9, 2010

Hello, amigos. Today’s post comes to you from the cramped little airport cubicle pictured below at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, where I am currently laid up for a couple hours on my way to Orlando to sit in on the National Student Advertising Competition. I had to get up so damn early to fly that when [...]

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Should Natasha Get Married For the Financial Aid?

May 24, 2010

Hi Judge Josh. I read most of your articles, and find them very interesting. Sweet! However, I haven’t read one that helps me in my situation. Dang. My senior year of high school, I participated in the joint-enrollment program, taking 2 classes in high school, and 2 at a university. Unfortunately, I failed one class (I [...]

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Minority Scholarships: Why Are There So Many?

May 21, 2010

It’s Friday, and I have to admit, I’m pretty worn out this week. My mind is already into the weekend, so I’m not going to tackle a big, convoluted topic today. Instead, we’ll feature an email with a little bit of venting in it. Maybe you guys have more energy to help out than I [...]

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Is “Follow Your Dreams” A Bunch of BS?

May 20, 2010

You know, I get lot of “follow-your-dreams” style questions around here. Should I or shouldn’t I? Usually there’s a money issue involved; otherwise, why wouldn’t you follow your dreams? Unfortunately, it seems few of us “dream” of jobs that pay a truckload of money, are easy to get and easy to do. I guess that’s [...]

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How Not To Destroy Your Future With Student Loans

May 19, 2010

Student loans are, and probably always will be, the most recurring topic on this site (yeah, I thought it was gonna be scholarships, too. Maybe I should change the name of the site. Any suggestions?). But that’s fine, because there are an endless number of students and parents out there with questions and dilemmas regarding [...]

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