Navigating Career Choices After High School
So, you’re about to graduate from high school – congratulations! This is a huge life milestone, and the first of many steps towards your adult life. Now what? This is very likely the question...
Category: Student Life
CST Consultants isn’t just committed to helping parents save for their child’s future, but is also helping students plan what to do with their education savings and how to manage finances when it’s time to pursue a post-secondary education. CST Consultants has returned over $4.4 billion in principal and education assistance payments to plan holders and post-secondary students since 1988.
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6 Ways Students Can Make Some Extra Cash
Living on a student budget isn’t always easy. Students are often cash-strapped and a little extra money here and there can be a big help. Whether you’re trying to maximize your cash flow throughout...
“We’re pregnant and still have student debt!”
Most couples I know are full of good intentions as soon as planning a family becomes a real conversation. We want to ensure all our financial ducks are lined up neatly in a...
4 Tips for Last-Minute Summer Job Seekers
While the best time to snag an in-demand, rewarding, well-paying summer job was probably last November or December, the second-best time is right now! If you haven’t locked down a way to replenish your...
How to Save Money on Prom
Prom is one of the most exciting nights of a student’s high school career. Growing up we’ve watched proms take place on television while our Instagram feeds have been flooded with photos of girls...
First Year University: Year in Review
It’s baffling to think that my first year of university will soon to come to a close. It seems like just yesterday my parents were moving me into my dorm room, and I was...
Student Housing: Living On Campus vs Off Campus
As the school year draws to an end it can be tempting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and push everything except exams to the back of your mind. One...
The Importance of Hard Work and Extracurricular Activities in High School
As someone who has difficulty sitting still, I have always pushed myself to stay busy and preoccupied, whether it’s diving into school work or volunteering in my community, I am always up to something....
How to Handle Spring Break’s Financial Hangover
Three weeks after you get home from a “fun-in-the-sun” Spring Break, reality hits. The only thing fading faster than your tan is your bank account. In a perfect world, you would have done a...
Making Taxes Less Taxing for Students
Want your courses to suddenly become more appealing? Simply look at a tax form and that essay on Chaucer will instantly become an entertaining endeavor that must be undertaken immediately. While taxes aren’t everyone’s...
