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03.31.08
International Students - Do I need to file Taxes ?
Money (1)International students in in Student F1 Visa who entered United states before On or before Dec 31 2007 should file Income taxes, even if didn't have any Income. Some students might think, I didn't earn any money or I was in U.S. only for 2 days on the Tax year 2007, but in long run its better to file your Income Tax. That might be an issue when you apply for your Green Card in future. So, even if you were in U.S. for 1 days in 2007, and didn't have any income, make sure you file the taxes before ...
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03.03.08
9 - Salary Negotiation Mistakes by Students.
Jobs, Money (1)Salary negotiation is difficult, unless you are well prepared for salary negotiation, your salary offered will be less than average entry level salary for that particular position. Do you know how to negotiate salary? If not continue reading for tips on salary. As far I know most of my friends who got the job didn't really have any clue about salary negotiation. Most of them we just content with job offer itself and the happy feeling just drops off when they hear their first salary offer. Because, most of the students, including me did few mistakes during Salary negotiation process. But, ...
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01.30.08
Google Pays $95,000 per year
Jobs, Life in U.S., Money (2)Do you wonder how much you will be paid after studying Master's in U.S.? Hello everyone. Hope you are finding the articles in this blog useful. If you feel it might help your friends who are looking for information about U.S. Universities in general and have applied for admission and waiting to hear back from the University, checkout 5 different ways to find the University admission application status. Also, spread the word about Happy Schools Blog. Here's how I create the buzz about Happy Schools Blog and also 5 Minute Marketing idea that you can spend to help my blog grow and ...
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11.29.07
Simple Tips to Save Money on Student loan Interest( 12% ).
Money (2)Did you know, International students can 'Save BIG' money by following the tips in this article. There are so many students who are still not sure how much student loan to get approval and how to save money in student loan interest. As far I know, students are paying around 12-13% Interest rate on student loan. But, if you utilize that money in proper way, you could save few thousands on the interest payments. I followed the steps I'm going to outlined here and saved loads of money in interest payments on student loan. Lets assume you have student loan ...
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10.26.07
How to make $100 or more per month and pay for living expenses
Money (8)Majority of the visitors who come to this blog are students. Everyone one wants admission with scholarship ( GRE scores varying from 800 - 1500 ). But, not all students get admission to universities with scholarship. U.S. Universities have strict admission guidelines to give scholarship to students. Next option students attending different universities look for is part time jobs that would solve their monthly expenses. Even $50 to $100 extra income per month to a student is very helpful. I have been in that situation and I know what if you don't have scholarship and ...
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09.18.07
Who else wants to know about student loan?
Money (9)Student Loan, if you are planning to get from your native country, continue reading, I'm about to uncover some real facts. Is it better to get student loan from my country or from U.S. based bank? ... Keep reading for the answer. About 64% of International students in 2005/2006 who came to study in U.S. use their Personal and Family funds for covering the cost of education. That includes both Graduates and Under Graduate study. But, I assume, it will be some form of Student loan will be used to fund the education cost. Most of the students fund their education ...
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09.14.07
The secret of getting admission with scholarship
College Admission, Money (9)Have you ever wondered, how to get Graduate School Admission with scholarship?Each and every college student applying for graduate school admissions has one big dream i.e. to get admission with scholarship or some form of aid. It's a very tough question to answer and it applies to specific student profile o individual basis. But, hang on, there is a sure way to get admission with scholarship. When you are in Graduate School Universities shortlisting phase, take a good look at the minimum GRE, TOEFL and GPA requirements for each school. Some grad schools and colleges will have different requirements from the ...
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09.13.07
Cost of Graduate Education in U.S.
Life in U.S., Money (5)I have few emails asking me to write about how much would it cost to study in U.S. I know many of my friends decided not to study in U.S. considering that factor "Money" they would have to invest to study in U.S.At the same time I have seen people who sold everything they had back home just to get education from U.S. So, the perspective usually varies. But, I would say its really worth every penny one would spend on graduate school programs. I'm going to write about the basic necessities and how much it would cost to stay and ...
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09.08.07
Carnival of Debt Management #21
Money (0)I'm happy to see that my post Students spending habits.. Timeline is listed for second time on Carnival of Debt Management #21. If you wonder what is Blog Carnival, I got the description from Wiki and it saysThe Blog Carnival is a type of blog event. It is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, and is published on a regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in the form of a blog article that contains links to other blog articles on the particular topic. Same post Students spending ...
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08.20.07
Carnival of College and Finance
Money (0)I'm happy to see my post Students Spending Habits .. Timeline listed in first Carnival of College and Finance. I found several interesting articles in there. One that caught my eyes was Intro to Financial Series: My Early Credit Blunders, from Plainadvice.com. It will be an eye opener for students who are planning to apply for credit cards and how to use it wisely. This was my first ever submission to an Carnival and it got listed along with other good articles for students. Hope you all enjoy reading the other posts about Credit Cards, finance, Admission Tips and many other useful ...
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08.18.07
How to find a part time job
Jobs, Life in U.S., Money (9)Part time would definitely make student life easy. It will pay your monthly living expenses atleast. But, you must be aware of the fact that, it must be of least priority in your list for finding way sot meet your financial ends. Order of importance would be as follows 1) Research Assistantship 2) Teaching Assistantship 3) Scholarship 4) Part Time job In this article, I'm going to talk about part time jobs. As an International Student, you are allowed to work 20 hours per week within University Campus. Any work outside the campus, like gas stations, restaurants, hotels, motels, is considered illegal. It can lead ...
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08.15.07
Students spending habits.. Timeline
Money (3)I started thinking about how I spent money after starting coming to U.S. and thought it would apply for most of the students. It was quite amazing, when I think about how the spending habits changes over time . Here's the timeline First 3 Weeks in U.S: Mind calculator will be always at work. Any time you see some product will be multiplied by Rs.50.( India) Yes, it was Rs 48.50 per $ when I came to U.S. First week, I went to Walmart and total bill was around $48 for 2 weeks of groceries. Second time I went my roommates and it ...
