Financial Aid vs. Employment

As summer arrives, bringing sunny days, warm nights, and a marked lack of schoolwork, many graduating high school seniors are already looking toward the start of their college career. For most, it is a time of excitement, but their feelings are often hampered by the realization that they must find a way to pay for their education.

The prospect of borrowing $25,000 a year for at least 4 years is rather daunting, considering the fact that if the student has a job at all, he or she is probably making close to minimum wage. In reality, for many college graduates, student loans are the thing that most hampers them from having early success in their chosen profession. To cut down on the costs, students have several avenues from which to obtain money. The first and most obvious one is financial aid. Read full story here