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Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. Read More...

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Stanford School of Medicine Won't Follow Harvard's or Yale's Financial Aid Initiatives
10 May 08 11:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at the Stanford School of Medicine will not be offered the same type of tuition breaks students attending rival medical schools Harvard and Yale will see next year. Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine recently announced they Read More...

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The New Financial Aid Landscape
26 April 08 12:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Even as the media has been drawn in recent months to the looming student loan availability crisis, many of the country’s top colleges and universities have been revamping their financial aid programs to better assist parents and students in covering their college costs. Read More...

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Malls and Retail Stores a No-Go for Depressed Shoppers
16 February 08 06:33 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Signs of depression: Loss of appetite Loss of interest in daily activities Loss of energy Hopelessness Self-loathing Recommendations for treatment: Don’t go shopping. Primed for Sadness, People Spend More A recent research experiment shows that people Read More...

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