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Save Time with the Gradspot Guru Service

By Gradspot.com

Ever wish you had a sage sidekick who could answer all your questions about student debt and healthcare? Or a trusty personal assistant to set up your bank account and switch your cell phone provider? Sometimes the most essential things in your life are the most annoying to deal with…so why not let us take care of them for you... more >

File Under: Choosing a Doctor and Health Plan, Making the Move, Managing Your Finances, Dealing with Debt, Finding an Apartment, Tips and Tricks
SURVIVAL GUIDE

Health

Finding a Great Doctor

By Julie Fishman

An apple a day doesn’t actually keep the doctor away (it just causes gas), so it’s important to know how to find Dr. Feelgood when we’re Mr. Feelbad. While Dr. Pepper will quench our thirst and The Spin Doctors will nurse nostalgia, neither can repair a torn ACL or remove... more >

File Under: Choosing a Doctor and Health Plan, Survival Guide
GRAD WATCH

Career

Gradspot on NB-Sree!

By Stuart Schultz

When it comes to finding ways to save time and money online, we’re big fans of Sree Sreenivasan and his weekly “Sree Advice” spot every Thursday morning at 6:20 and... more >

File Under: Choosing a Doctor and Health Plan, Making the Move, Preparing for the Job Hunt, Finding an Apartment, Finding the Perfect Job, Setting Up Your Pad, Going to Graduate School, Grad Watch
CONFESSIONS OF A RECENT GRADUATE

Career

On Adderall

By Ben Herzberger

As many of you probably know, getting adderall on college campuses is easy. You just buy it from students with prescriptions for five bucks a pill.

In my case, I got my own prescription from the school psychiatrist, at U. Chicago’s... more >

File Under: Choosing a Doctor and Health Plan, Socializing, Going to Graduate School, Confessions of a Recent Graduate
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Money

Grad Watch on the NYT

By Gritz

We all love the The New York Times in our own unique ways. Some people enjoy buying the enormous Sunday edition, throwing away almost all of it, and then pretending to do the crossword while they drink Hoegaardens or... more >

File Under: Choosing a Doctor and Health Plan, Cooking and Drinking, Finding the Perfect Job, Living Well Inexpensively, Grad Watch
SURVIVAL GUIDE

Health

Choosing a Great Dentist

By Karen Keller

Dental dilemmas aren’t usually the stuff of existential crises—that is, until we feel a shooting pain from a tooth or gum area and think we are going to die…and then we remember that the family dentist is back with... more >

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SURVIVAL GUIDE

Health

Understanding Health Insurance

By David Pekema

Healthcare lingo is complicated. A simple discussion about managed care (one of my favorite pick-up topics) can quickly sound like an eighth-grader’s text messaging free-for-all. Unfortunately, there are so many different options out there that ... more >

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SURVIVAL GUIDE

Health

Getting Healthcare Without a Job

By Theodore Bressman

Many recent grads who freelance, work for start-ups or spend their days playing backgammon and other games of leisure do not have health insurance. In fact a quarter of all Americans in their 20s live without medical insurance of any kind. Hospitals don't... more >

File Under: Choosing a Doctor and Health Plan, Survival Guide
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