{"id":5521,"date":"2011-06-19T15:16:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T22:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2017-02-26T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T18:31:09","slug":"headed-off-to-college-read-this-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/education\/headed-off-to-college-read-this-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Headed off to College?  Read this Guide!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Headed off to college soon? This is one of the first major transitions we experience in our lives. <strong>College is often the first time we live on our own, manage our finances and experience almost complete independence.<\/strong> With so much freedom, there is great potential for positive experiences and valuable lessons learned. On the flip side, there is also great potential for failure with excessive debt, poor credit and bad financial habits. <strong>Check out this guide to develop a solid plan and set yourself up for success at college and beyond.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the course below<\/strong> or <a title=\"Download the Money Guide: Headed for College \" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/downloads\/pdf\/headed_for_college.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here download the entire course as PDF<\/a> for use offline.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Getting Personal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/guides\/college\/college1.php\">Getting Personal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Financial Aid\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/guides\/college\/college2.php\">Financial Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Budgeting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/guides\/college\/college3.php\">Budgeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Textbooks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/guides\/college\/college4.php\">Textbooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Campus Life\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/guides\/college\/college5.php\">Campus Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Working in School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/guides\/college\/college6.php\">Working in School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Selecting a Credit Card\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\/guides\/college\/college7.php\">Selecting a Credit Card<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guide developed by Visa and hosted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyscore.org\" target=\"_blank\">whatsmyscore.org<\/a>. Check out the website for more useful stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headed off to college soon? This is one of the first major transitions we experience in our lives. College is often the first time we live on our own, manage our finances and experience almost complete independence. With so much freedom, there is great potential for positive experiences and valuable lessons learned. On the flip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[45,68,135],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}