Tag: advice for college students

Student Loan Hero

Thanks Student Loan Hero for quoting me in this very useful article about why taking a year off before college–otherwise known as a “gap year” is useful. https://studentloanhero.com/blog/gap-year-participants-share-advice/ The point of the year off is that it’s an opportunity for you, the student, to get a break from the constant barrage of tests, homework, tedious…
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November 7, 2019 0

Choosing a College Major

Little tardy to the party on this September 2017 Discover Card article, but a client just emailed it to me over the weekend. Hopefully, some college students and/or their parents will find it useful. In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I am a proud history major. I distinctly remember my senior…
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October 22, 2018 0

“Is It Still Worth It to Go to College?”

I was recently invited to contribute to this Highya.com article, debating the pros and cons of attending college, given the potentially life-crushing debt load. I suppose my answer was a qualified “…kinda.” College can be immensely rewarding and life-changing if the student commits to the process, to challenging herself, to stepping outside of her previous intellectual…
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August 23, 2016 0