We hope that you have all had as great a year as we have! We wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and give you some of our best posts of 2011.

Just because you don’t have a lot of money to spare, it doesn’t mean that you can’t go out and have fun. In fact, having a night out can be fun and cheap, providing you know where to go to get the best deals.
They say college prepares you for the real world. If you are a recent college graduate in search of a job and an apartment, you may be casting serious doubt on that assessment. College certainly hasn’t prepared you for all the hassle that goes into getting your credit score high enough to get an apartment.
I would say that a majority of the purchases I make (outside of groceries) are made online. Why? Because I am almost always able to find what I’m looking for cheaper than any store offers it. I’m going to show you how. It’s a pretty simple strategy, but one I can almost guarantee you’re not using right now.
Do you like free stuff? I mean, who doesn’t enjoy free stuff, especially around the time of year when you don’t like thinking about getting older?
Well now you don’t have to focus on the added candle on your cake and instead can smile when you get a free meal or something else!
Many people disregard the idea of studying abroad because they begin to question, how would I pay for this?
Miami, Daytona, Cancun, PCB and Fort Lauderdale all top the Spring Break wishlists for students across America, but which one comes out on top for cheapest beer, guaranteed sunshine and best cocktails?
Life isn’t all rosy for a college student who has to rely on his meagre pocket money from parents to sail through his college years. To make things worse, with Valentine’s Day casting its romantic hues and expectations of a blissful night with your lover, it’s difficult to splurge when you have money only for bare essentials.
College is a money-saving challenge on many levels. Tuition, room and board, books and supplies are just the beginning and a student can quickly find him or herself with an empty wallet. Making good spending choices within your means and saving what you don’t spend will afford you a better college lifestyle all-around.
Students looking for money saving tips may often forget to consider saving money on medications; they are seen as essentials and, as students now have ready access to the internet, saving is easy.
Paying for college is not some impossible dream. Students have more options than ever to help them not only afford tuition, but college life in general.
Over the past few years, the new trend is to ‘go green’ and for most college students in the US, going green seems more like a fashion trend than anything else.