Finance U: LFLA's College and Career Blog

 Taelor, Class of 2018, explains what she learned on a recent field trip to the Junior Achievement Finance Park. A few weeks ago all the seniors had the chance to gain experience of learning how finances work in the adult world. Junior Achievement Finance Park is a facility that brings in 7th-12th grades to learn about personal finance and how to better budget their money when going into adulthood. The students are given life situations and have to build a budget based on their net income. During the field trip, there were multiple things that we were “tested” through. Meaning, of the things that adults pay for, we learned how to balance the money we had from our net income and had to build a budget around the things we needed and wanted. We had to purchase clothes, food, insurance, health care, cars, etc. There was so much that you had to budget for. In my assigned life scenario, I was 33 years old with a well paying job with a net income of $59,000 ...

Ashyrha, Class of 2018, shares her best tips for finding and getting scholarships.    This is one of the most difficult topics for me as a senior in high school. I had a hard time finding scholarships and, on top of that, had a harder time finding the time to do the ones I did find. I didn’t give up though because I had already come so far. Looking back, I do wish I had done essays and other things ahead of time because a lot of times some scholarships ask for the same essay. It is not impossible; you just have to want it… And once you set your mind to it, you have to make it your goal to get that scholarship. You have to push yourself because other things during your senior year will come up. There will be times where you have to pick and choose what comes first. Remember that everyone is rooting for you, and people around you are always there to help if you ask.      I suggest the best thing to do is know how much the schools you are interested in cost. ...