With the semester in full swing, students may be looking for a little something extra to add to their schedule. What better way than joining a club or organization on campus?
Not sold on the idea of becoming a joiner? Think about these big two benefits to joining club or organization on your campus:

Beefing up your [...]

Student LoanDown readers, we’re taking a quick pulse check using our new poll feature. We hope you like it, and you should be seeing more of it!
So, our very first question is: How are you paying — or did you pay — for college?
 

How are you paying for college?

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Last week, our friends at the Guided By History blog recounted some of their stories about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.  The 20th anniversary of this disaster just passed, on Saturday, October 17.
I didn’t live in San Francisco in 1989, but I did from 1998-2000, where I experienced my [...]

True story time.
Last week I got an email from a friend and former Wells Fargo colleague, who’d had an interesting experience at her local drugstore:
I had my Wells Fargo jacket on in Walgreens  today and this kid asked me, out of the blue, “How do I get credit, if I don’t have any?” I was [...]

Remember your senior year of high school, when all anyone could ask you was “Where are you going to college?”
Well, now that you’re in college, the questions keep on coming, but this time you get it from every new person you meet (which is a lot your freshman year): “What’s your major?”
If you’re undeclared, that [...]

If you’re a high school senior, how are you going about exploring the colleges that interest you?
Are you searching online? Talking to your parents or guidance counselor? Reading up on the literature colleges send you?
These are all good approaches, but when it comes to choosing you college, nothing really beats an in-person visit to the [...]

With Stagecoach Island University open and accepting new students, how many of you have gone in and enrolled? Let me know how your first islander day in the SI University went!
The whole place is pretty sweet, and there are lots of great resources to check out. I got a chance to catch up with Shag [...]

*Hip, hip hooray!*
SI University is now open for all you islanders to check out and enroll! All you have to do to get started is make a stop at the SI Admissions office and get started.
How you ask? Well, it’s pretty simple: Just go through the lesson and pass the quiz!
For those [...]

It’s December, which means we have some surprises in store for you! We’re not just giving away 1 item…but 3!
That’s right, 3 different selections of purses with new shirts, and 3 different baseball caps with all sorts of hairdos!
 
Go check ‘em out and buy while they’re still here. These are limited edition items, and [...]

It’s here, it’s here! The SI University has arrived on the island! If you’ve started seeing the buildings pop up, it’s because the campus is officially being built in world!
We’ve got 2 buildings: The Admissions Office, and the ginormous Stagecoach Island University right smack in the center. It’s surrounded by an awesome campus for [...]