Sep 14, 2015 | Financial Literacy
Are you saving money? And by saving, we mean are you putting money in to a savings account, 529 account, or even a piggy bank? You will be spending a lot of money on college and education, but you should still find ways to save money. September happens to be National...
Sep 8, 2015 | College Planning, Financial Literacy
I was tempted to title this blog post, ‘Tara toots her own horn’ because it is a great day when you beat National Public Radio on a story. Helping students with budgeting is a passion of mine, especially when exposing the hidden costs of college. I have written blog...
Sep 1, 2015 | Financial Literacy
For me, one of the most difficult things to do is to save money. I always had the idea that the best way to save money was to just take a certain amount out of my paycheck each month and put it into savings. Yes that works (so if you are doing that way to go!) but...
Aug 30, 2015 | Press Releases
Welcome back to the Social Roundup! By now, most college students have completed their first week of the new school year. Woo! You made it this far! Now there’s only, what, 15 more weeks left? That’s still a lot of time away from home, where a lot of us have the...
Aug 28, 2015 | College Planning
A benefit of ionMatch is that it allows you compare the baseline cost of different colleges. Note that the baseline amount doesn’t reflect additional college-related expenses. Here are 10 categories that you should consider when creating a realistic college...