Our Theme for August: College

We still have a handful of stories waiting in the wings to wrap up July’s Wedding Season theme, and are announcing our theme for August: College.

How did the cost of college factor into where you ended up attending? Did you have to figure out how to pay your way through college? Go into debt paying dues for Greek Life? Live with 10 strangers in a house to save on campus housing? Did your parents set aside money for you, or are you setting up a 529 savings account for your own kid? Experience class differences at an “elite” school? Attend “the Mecca” like Ta-Nehisi Coates? Did you choose your major based on salary and job prospects? How are you managing your student loan debt after graduating? Or maybe you decided to skip college entirely — how did you come to that decision? We’d love to hear from you.

Have a story to share that fits this theme? Email us.

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