by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18
For most high schoolers, managing their finance is the last thing on their mind if it is ever is at all. The only time I thought about budgeting was when I was deciding on the lunch I ate since for the most part my father managed my bank account. While knowing the...
by Tyler Lattimore, Emory University , '15
These days, college seems to cost three arms and a couple legs! Some things you can find a way to cut back on or avoid paying for and some things seem to be immovable mountains blocking your path to college! Last year around this time I found myself staring at that...
by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14
Center for Student Opportunity has provided me with a gift that is irreplaceable, my education. Growing up in a home situation that was often tumultuous, I used my education as a means of coping. I always knew that education was the one thing nobody could ever take...
by Abigail Macias, Dartmouth College
The rapper Kanye West once proclaimed that “having money isn’t everything, NOT having it is” and when the prospect of paying for college creeps up, this quote may ring truth for many first-generation college students. I am forever grateful for programs like Federal...
by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13
The biggest problem I have had with college is the cost of it, especially since I could have gone to an in-state community college for almost free. Instead I chose to follow my dream and I have been struggling ever since. I have had many people criticize me on my...
