financial aid

How to Choose a College That Will Minimize Your Student Debt

Jordan RothmanChoosing Schools
Choosing Colleges

As previously discussed on this website, where you attend college can have a massive impact on your student debt story. Indeed, decisions you make when choosing colleges can determine how much student debt you ultimately need to borrow. Some of our guest articles have already included tips on choosing colleges that will minimize the amount of student loans you need to borrow in order to pay for college. By following this and other advice, you… Continue Reading How to Choose a College That Will Minimize Your Student Debt

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Choosing the Right Medical School: Why Minimizing Student Debt Is Not the Whole Story

Adam RothmanChoosing Schools, Guest Articles
Medical School

In my last article, I discussed the various considerations one must assess when selecting the ideal college (if you have not read my last article…shame on you! Drop everything and take a look). This time around, I will talk about the decisions I made when choosing a medical school, and how I tried to reduce the amount of student debt I borrowed along the way. As stated before, I am not an expert in this… Continue Reading Choosing the Right Medical School: Why Minimizing Student Debt Is Not the Whole Story

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An Introduction to Choosing Schools That Will Minimize Your Student Debt

Jordan RothmanChoosing Schools
Choosing Schools

This website has already discussed numerous strategies that can be used to pay off student debt. Indeed, the blog has related a number of ways to boost your income and decrease expenses so that the most money possible can be devoted to student loans. Furthermore, the website has also discussed repayment tactics that can be implemented so that you can pay off your student loans in the most strategic way possible. However, this website has… Continue Reading An Introduction to Choosing Schools That Will Minimize Your Student Debt

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Choosing the Right College: From Financial Aid to Future Job Prospects

Adam RothmanChoosing Schools, Guest Articles
Financial Aid

In my introductory article, I provided a quick synopsis of my student debt story. In my next few articles, I will delve deeper into the topics mentioned in my first post. This article discusses the decisions I made when choosing where to attend college. I am by no means an expert on financial aid, and so to supplement my story, I suggest that you use a little thing called Google. The point is, choosing an… Continue Reading Choosing the Right College: From Financial Aid to Future Job Prospects

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An Introduction to Adam’s Student Debt Story

Adam RothmanGuest Articles, Introductory Articles
Student Debt

For those of you who do not know me, my name is Adam, and I am one of Jordan’s brothers. Like Jordan, I borrowed student loans to earn my undergraduate and graduate degrees. After eight years of college and medical school, I definitely accumulated my fair share of student debt. While my brother Jordan was able to eliminate all of his student debt in a few short years through strategies discussed on this website (yay… Continue Reading An Introduction to Adam’s Student Debt Story

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How I Mostly Debt-Financed My Law School Education

Jordan RothmanIntroductory Articles, Student Loan Repayment Guide
Law School Student

Last week, I discussed how I received scholarships, grants, and financial aid to cover most of the cost of attending college. This week’s post is not going to be as uplifting. Rather, I will discuss how I debt-financed most of my law-school education to the tune of around $150,000 when you consider the effect of capitalizing interest. My story has a happy ending, and I was able to pay off my law school and college… Continue Reading How I Mostly Debt-Financed My Law School Education

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How I Received $150,000 in Grants, Scholarships, and Financial Aid to Help Pay for College

Jordan RothmanIntroductory Articles, Student Loan Repayment Guide
College Graduates Financial Aid

Over the past few weeks, many people have asked me if I received financial aid to pay for college and law school. People have also inquired whether the $197,890.20 in student debt I paid off was just related to law school expenses or if I had to pay for college as well. I will tackle this topic over the next few posts, and this article discusses how I was able to obtain around $150,000 in… Continue Reading How I Received $150,000 in Grants, Scholarships, and Financial Aid to Help Pay for College

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