I'm a recent college graduate. No one told me it would be this hard to make ends meet.

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The author, not pictured, is a recent college graduate who can't make ends meet.

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I was accepted to Yale. Here's everything I included in my successful Ivy League application.

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The author got into Yale with his successful college application.

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Americans with a college degree say they'd need at least a $100K salary to change jobs. But roles that pay in that range are getting harder to find.

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Americans with a college degree say they'd need a six-figure salary to consider switching jobs.

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Meet the students stacking internships and battling each other to get a foot in Goldman Sachs' and JPMorgan's doors

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Channon Loh, 22, is in the thick of the internship hunger games, and he thinks he's winning.

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My mother enrolled in college at 42 while raising 4 kids. It was the same year I enrolled as a freshman.

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The author, right, and her mother, left, both went to college the same year.

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A millennial who went to college in his 30s when his career stalled says his Bachelor's degree is 'worthless' and that he's been looking for a job for 3 years

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A Massachusetts millennial says having a college degree hasn't helped him land a job over the past three years.

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As a college professor, I'm seeing more Gen X and Baby Boomer students than ever before. They're changing the way I teach.

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The author, not pictured, has seen more older students in her classes.

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College student streaming deals: Check out discounts from Amazon, Hulu, Apple, and more

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Here are the gifts college seniors want for their upcoming graduation and post-grad life

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Why so many men in the US have stopped working

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America's men aren't working at the same rate they used to. Experts are still trying to figure out why.

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