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today was semi-successful. when you’re unemployed, everything is relative. for me, today, especially. on the agenda was printing, copying and mailing all components of my backup plan: a return to the teaching program in spain. reason being, if i can’t find a suitable job within the next few months–anything i consider to be reasonable and [...]

Huffington Post had an article a few months ago about the possible effects of cancelling student loan debt, as opposed to the bailing out of the big wigs and upper class banking system.  Granted it’s 6 months old, but you can read that article here. I’m probably as biased an opinion as you could get–I’m [...]

It’s somewhat disconcerting to see the tab I’m to run up in the following twelve months of my life.  Granted, I’ve had my financial aid package before me at a previous date, but it wasn’t until I was approved for all my loans that the crushing weight of debt snuck up on me.  That said, [...]

NYU took it upon themselves to send me some very useful messages in the last week…not. First, they sent me an email last Friday nudging me to make my admissions decision.  Well, seeing how I had 4 weeks from the time they sent me my official acceptance letter, which was dated April 23, 2009, I [...]

Having cut that $500 check a few weeks ago, I gained access to a couple of things at Medill.  Actually, that’s not totally true. Once I was admitted, I received an email address at Medill.   It’s pretty cool, in fact, as they use a proprietary form of Gmail that’s been modified to their specifications. [...]

The New York Times has an article up today that explains the ins and outs of student loans, entitled “In Grim Job Market, Student Loans Are a Costly Burden“.  This topic is of great interest to someone like me–I won’t be receiving much money, if any, to attend graduate schools I’ve applied to.  My best [...]

The New York Times has an article pertinent to all students, current and future, regarding Obama’s planned student aid changes: Plan to Change Student Lending Sets Up a Fight If I understand things correctly, the President wants to end the facade that private lenders can actually finance education at the university level.  In relative terms, [...]