How to Build Credit While in College Without Getting into Debt

Building good credit early in life can lead you to financial stability and freedom. It’s an important skill for college students that will help you manage future loans, rent applications, and job prospects. However, the challenge lies in responsibly building credit, especially when balancing tuition, part-time jobs, and living expenses. The key is to build credit without taking on unnecessary debt.

Having Children in Medical School: The Benefits and Challenges

Going to college when you have kids is much harder than going when you don’t, no question about it. Medical school is even harder than the average college, so you can imagine having children in medical school sure isn’t an easy thing, and many people would advise against it. Here are some pros and cons, […]

Open a 529 Plan for College Savings Month

Where has time gone? My kids were just toddlers and now I have a high school graduate! Soon enough he’ll be going to college. Fortunately, locally, college isn’t nearly as expensive as it is in the US, where people often graduate college with so much debt that follows them around for their entire adult life. […]

The Transformative Role of Fieldwork in Enhancing Social Work Education

While I don’t have a degree, one of the professions I strongly considered learning was to be a therapist. At the time I thought all therapists needed to be psychologists and when I heard the education for that was 10 years that turned me off that entirely. But I’ve been to clinical social workers for […]