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	<title>College - U. Got It? &#187; Budgeting</title>
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		<title>Use Your Holiday Shopping Savvy in the College Financial Aid Process</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/12/08/use-your-holiday-shopping-savvy-in-the-financial-aid-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t you wish there were a Black Friday when it came to tuition and paying for college? You probably wouldn’t think twice about camping out to get discounted or free tuition or to get your books, dorm expenses, food, or other costs at a cheaper price. We haven’t seen any colleges or universities giving Black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freshman Year Also Means Learning to Manage Money</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/08/19/freshman-year-also-means-learning-to-manage-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/08/19/freshman-year-also-means-learning-to-manage-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you’re in college, you have the ability to buy food, clothes, iTunes purchases, and other things that may have required your parents’ permission in high school.Sure, there are major purchases like books, but the feeling of freedom that comes with being able to swipe a debit or credit card to buy something, big or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Housing Alternatives: When Dorms Aren&#8217;t the Norm</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/08/17/college-housing-alternatives-when-dorms-arent-the-norm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dorms or residence halls are the most common living situation for students heading off to school. Both give you the opportunity to live among other students your age or with your same major. There’s no doubt the relationships you form in a dorm could last throughout your college career. But not all schools guarantee housing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You CAN Afford College!</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/08/10/you-can-afford-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/08/10/you-can-afford-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re pretty much smitten by social media here at The CollegeBound Network, but one of the things we love best about it is all of the friends in higher education whom we&#8217;ve met on Twitter. We especially enjoy tweeting with the good people at Overture Marketplace, the brains behind the Student Loan Marketplace and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Smoking and Save Money in College</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/06/21/stop-smoking-and-save-money-in-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/06/21/stop-smoking-and-save-money-in-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shopping is an Olympic sport for me, and while I admit some of my purchases in the past have been more frivolous than useful, I like to think that my money has mostly been well spent. Which is why it makes me gag when I hear that cigarettes and are now up to $12 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduation Gift Guide: Let’s Get Ready for College!</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/06/01/graduation-gift-guide-let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/06/01/graduation-gift-guide-let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you love receiving presents (and we all do, right?), it’s a great time to be a high school graduate. Some of your family, neighbors and friends are probably dropping off gifts to celebrate your accomplishment – and get you ready for college. At a party I attended this weekend for a high school graduate, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only the Smartest Students Get Full Scholarships In Georgia</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/04/12/only-the-smartest-students-get-full-scholarships-in-georgia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/04/12/only-the-smartest-students-get-full-scholarships-in-georgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incoming college freshman in Georgia got a shock recently when a popular scholarship program that had allowed any student with a 3.0 GPA to get free college tuition was drastically changed. Many students were relying on the HOPE scholarship, a program that was suffering financially, to attend a Georgia college or university – now they’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Choose College Dorms or Off-Campus Housing?</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/03/24/should-you-choose-college-dorms-or-off-campus-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/03/24/should-you-choose-college-dorms-or-off-campus-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you’ve gotten into college, but now you have to figure out where you want to live. Some colleges require freshmen to live on campus their first year, so that they can adapt to college life better. Some schools, however, let students choose where they want to live. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight for Pell Grant Dollars Pops Up on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/03/21/fight-for-pell-grant-dollars-pops-up-on-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/03/21/fight-for-pell-grant-dollars-pops-up-on-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budgeting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways Facebook can be a distraction, whether by checking friends’ relationship statuses or playing Farmville. But yes, some Facebook efforts are for good, like the recent campaign to save student aid. Art students, teachers-to-be, nursing students, members of the military, and others all have posted on the Save Student Aid Facebook page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Shopping for Scholarships</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/03/01/go-shopping-for-scholarships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2011/03/01/go-shopping-for-scholarships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next time you go to shopping, think about how one of the stores could be paying you to go to college! As it keeps getting more expensive to attend college, retailers like Wal-Mart, Kohls, and Nordstrom are among non-academic organizations who are lessening some students’ financial burden of going to college. Some of Wal-Mart’s [...]]]></description>
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