Articles for students
How to stretch your dollars
- Coming up short on tuition? Check out these last-minute ways to pay for college
- Earn before you learn: Saving for college with summer jobs
- Preparing for college: financial resources that can help along the way
- Beyond tuition, room, and board: Taming those "other" costs of college
- Trials and triumphs of budgeting for students
Applying for aid and comparing loans
- Paying for college: Federal and private student loans at a glance.
- Preparing your college applications: Take the time to put your best foot forward
- Tuition discounts—why a college's "sticker price" shouldn't stop you from applying
- Learning the financial aid lingo
- What's the secret to getting scholarships? You have to apply!
- Excuses, excuses! What's the holdup in filing your FAFSA?
- High school senior alert: Time to file your FAFSA!
- So you got into college—how will you pay for it?
- Where's my aid? Where to find money for college
Selecting the right college
- Getting the most from college fairs
- Senioritis can sabotage your college plans
- Decision time: Comparing financial aid award letters
- Applying to colleges: Selecting the school that's right for you
- A paper trail that leads to college: How to keep your paperwork on track
- College visits help you "test drive" schools
- College planning
- Grad school planning
The world of student loans