Finance Chap 3--This one's the test!! :-) Ms Cook

Copy this whole section, paste it into Word, and use it as the essay portion of your test. After reading the sites and answering the questions, post your essay to your My Work folder as lastnameChap3Essay. Thanks, Ms Cook

Most of you plan to go back to the States and go to college or other training progam. You’ll be on your own and having to manage your own money. Even if you don’t go to college, you’ll still have lots of decisions to make. Investing a little in some cheap, but useful financial software can be a help. Read thru these articles and respond as a Word document. It should be a total of about one page, spell- and grammar-checked. Post it in your My Work folder as Chap 3 Essay-lastname.docx by Thursday midnight, Oct 21.

Read thru this article about setting up a college budget:

http://financialsoft.about.com/od/softwaretitle1/a/CollegeBudSoftw.htm

Compare some of his recommended software and/or some listed on these other two sites.

http://personal-finance-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance-software/mint-online-money-management.jsp

Which software would work best for you and why?

Read through this article and follow some of the links in each section:

http://moneyfor20s.about.com/od/makethemostofyourmoney/tp/collegemoney.htm

What are some opportunity costs during the first five years after high school?
What plans and choices can you make now so as to end up with as little debt as possible at age 25?
Is knowing you’ll be in debt after college worth it? Why or why not?

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