Inc.'s 500/5,000 List Turns up Job-Search Gems
Kyle Stock, WSJ Online August 2009
It's hard to tell how healthy a finance shop is these days. Some of the best are laying people off (i.e. Barclay's), while some of the shakiest have been shopping for talent (GMAC). Inc. magazine's new 500/5000 list, released today, may prove to be a good barometer.
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Last Minute Tips for Finding College Cash
Kim Clark, US News, August 2009
While the recession has made it harder to find jobs to raise extra cash and has reduced some scholarship programs, financial aid advisers and experienced college parents say there are a few quick options that might help families score some extra bucks.
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Student Loans
Jonathan D. Glater, New York Times, Aug. 18, 2008
So what is going on with student loans?
You can choose to pay attention to predictions of disaster or of business as usual. But the financial aid administrators on
the front lines say it is still too early to tell whether roiled credit markets will mean that masses of students will be unable
to line up the loans they need to pay for the fall semester.
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How to Pay for an MBA
Francesca Di Meglio, Business Week, Feb. 3, 2008
Once you know how much you need, you can start looking for the money. Free money, the kind you will not have to pay back, should
be on the top of your list. This includes scholarships and grants. Talk to the financial aid services staff at your school to
determine what, if any, scholarships and grants are available. But keep in mind that it is more difficult for graduate business
students to get such offers. "People don't have as much sympathy for MBAs," says Dan Thibeault, co-founder of Graduate Leverage,
student loan consolidation and debt management company, in Boston (BusinessWeek.com, 1/27/05).
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No point rolling many student loans into one if new rate is higher
Boston Globe, Linda Stern, June 22, 2007
Consolidating your student loans isn't the no-brainer it used to be.
Last year at this time, money mavens were exhorting college students and recent graduates to run right out and refinance their
loans before the big July 1 rate hike, which took rates on those loans from the neighborhood of 4.7 percent to 6.54 percent. This
year, rates are again going up, but only by a little -- to 6.62 percent.
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How to Find the Right Student Loan Consolidation Plan
Steven Rothberg, CollegeRecruiter.com, April 2007
As seen in the news lately, student loans have a huge impact on young people’s lives. Finding the right loan or consolidation
plan while being targeted by multiple lenders, not all of them honest, can lead even straight-A students to throw up their hands
in confusion. A recent survey revealed that less than 15% of graduate professional students could identify the best loan for their
financial needs. This is statistically worse than a random guess, and is at the heart of the need for transparency, analytical tools
and a way for students to make real comparisons.
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Show Them the Money - Schools competing for top B-school applicants are sweetening the financial-aid pot to lure the best and brightest students
Jeffrey Gangemi, Business Week, Feb. 28, 2006
Cathy Marsella, a 25-year-old strategy consultant working in Washington, D.C., has an enviable task. She was recently admitted
to both The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and needs
to make her choice by April.
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How to Bear Those B-School Bills - It's best to start planning before you even apply. Oh, and be ready for the shock of returning to a frugal, undergrad lifestyle
Francesca Di Meglio, Business Week, Jan 27, 2005
Dan Thibeault, a second-year MBA student at Harvard Business School, talked about student loans during an impromptu discussion
in one of his first-year classes -- and set off a firestorm of interest from his classmates. They wanted his advice on everything
from finding the best interest rates to loan consolidation -- and with good reason. One of Thibeault's jobs before going back to
school was at Goldman Sachs, where he dealt with student loans and other debt instruments.
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Student loans got you down? Don't get mad, get Graduate Leverage
Jamil Khan, The Harbus, April 12, 2004
As part of a team of five students, Ken along with Dan Thibeault (OB), Jeff Wanic (OI), Andrew Solomon (OE), and Mark Palmenter
(OB) recently launched Graduate Leverage. It's a student run loan consolidation and debt management company that takes all of the
hassle out of the loan management process so that students don't have to worry about consolidating Federal Loans while they scuba
dive in Aruba or hike Mount Kilimanjaro after graduation.
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Amid the hype, opportunity lurks for students with loans - Financial aid officers, student entrepreneurs help students navigate the wily world of student loan consolidation
Beth Potier, Harvard News Office, Feb 5, 2004
If you've got a student loan, then you've probably got mail.
"Consolidate by April to cut your payments by 70 percent!" "Get the lowest interest rate by consolidating your loan with us!" "No credit check and no application fee!"
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