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Five Frugal Things | on a Monday!

The Frugal Girl

Sooo, I popped into the school library and printed all of those for free. I mean, obviously, I pay for this privilege because it’s rolled into my college tuition. But it costs me nothing extra to use this service, so I make a point of it when I have a lot of stuff to print.

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Enriching Education - Cost of College vs. Inflation

Motherhood Moments

MyElearningWorld recently released a new report showing that the cost of attending college is largely outpacing inflation - over 3x in the last 40 years. The report includes graphs (feel free to use them!) along with other notable findings: If the cost of going to college rose consistently with the U.S. Thanks for reading!

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Enriching Education: European "Twins" to US Colleges

Motherhood Moments

Acceptance rates for US colleges continue to drop year after year. Between 2017-2022, Boston College’s acceptance rate dropped from 32% to 16% and New York University's from 27.66% to 12.20%.

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How We’re Using Upromise to Save for College

Family Balance Sheet

Since March of 2020, over $1300 has been transferred into my daughters’ 529 College Savings Accounts. In the grand scheme of college tuition, $1300 barely makes a dent, however, that was just the first 18 months, and we have another 9 years before my youngest graduates from college. It’s FREE!

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Why I Don’t Use Credit Card Rewards Programs

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My own sister-in-law paid for travel to Hawaii by charging her son’s college tuition (this option, by the way, is no longer available with her card company). I undersand the incentive, but don’t think it is worthwhile for us. Sure, I have heard the stories. I just won’t waste the time it takes to manage the rewards.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

Welcome to Debt Free Stories. Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do. If you want to become debt free, I’m here to tell you it is TOTALLY worth all the time, effort, and frustration. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When you do, go on tax free day. using tax free days. Here is site that has tax free days by state listed for 2011. Check with your local college for students who are majoring in the subject your child needs help with. If you or your student are funding college expenses, be careful of where you go for money first.

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