The 4 Ways to Finance a College Education from Christian, Update on NASA Internship and Big Data – HT125
Summary: Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) for Home Tech episode #125. As a follow up episode to show #112 Christian talks about the world of financing college. He covers Financial Aid, Scholarships, Loans and Internships in detail. He then gives us an update on his work at NASA and then some thoughts on Big Data. Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Surface RT, now starting at $349 at Microsoft Store Listen Mobile: Financial Aid FAFSA - http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ CSS Profile - http://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile List of colleges and universities by endowment - http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-endowment-rankings/ Scholarships - Here are a few examples of sites that help with scholarships and grants Texas - http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/funding/aid/faidalpha.php California - http://www.calgrants.org/ Ohio - https://www.ohiohighered.org/sgs Nebraska - http://nebraska.edu/current-and-prospective-students/scholarships-and-financial-aid.html http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/scholarships Jim mentioned is local community college - http://www.mccneb.edu/fa/scholarships.asp Loans What are your loan options - http://studentaid.ed.gov/types/loans#what-types-of-federal-student-loans-are-available As an alternative to the University system, Christian recommends taking a hard look at Community College. Home Server Show / Surface Geeks / The Average Guy Meetup http://hss2013.eventbrite.com/ New Drobo Owners Google+ Site - https://plus.google.com/communities/116785145923433150501 Interview on Dave Jackson’s School of Podcasting http://schoolofpodcasting.com/364 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.
