Resources & Links - Financial Life at OSU
Financial Life at OSU is a web site for students to navigate the financial world during college as well as after their college experience. The web site has all the resources you may need including budget worksheets, various financial calculators, financial aid information, among many other links.
Financial Life at OSU is brought to you by Student Life and Undergraduate Student Government.
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Free Online & Downloadable Resources
On the Web
- AnnualCreditReport.com - Get your credit report securely & for free.
- BankRate.com - Helps you find & compare interest rates and other details on CDs, savings, and money market accounts. A good place to start when looking to open a new account.
- BillShare.org - Lets you easily divide bills, keep virtual receipts, record payments, and analyze where your money is going with stats. Just make sure you discuss using the website with your roommate before you ask him/her to log on to pay the bills!
- CNNMoney.com - Keep tabs on the latest financial news, and use their calculators.
- CreditScoreQuiz.org - Test your knowledge about credit & how it affects you. Lots of good tips & links to AnnualCreditReport.com to pull your credit report for free.
- EdWise.org - A loan management tool for students. Helps you set a timeline and budget for repayment and realistically assess how much you need to borrow.
- LearnVest.com - The College & Grad Section has lots of great tips & tools for current students and recent grads.
- Mint.com - An online budgeting site that links all your accounts. Helps you set goals and figure out how to achieve them. ALSO has a free iPhone App.
- YoungMoney.com - Play the stock market game online. Lots of financial calculators & tools.
Helpful Calculators
- Alcoholic Drink Calculator - Helps you calculate how much money you spend on alcohol monthly.
- Income-Based Repayment Calculator - Info on the Income-Based Repayment Plan for federal student loans
- Value of a College Education Calculator - Can help you figure out the value of your education.
- Reasonable Educational Debt by Major & Level: Estimate how much debt is reasonable for your degree plan
Free Software & Downloadable Information
- 1DayLater - A quick and easy to use program that helps you track time, distance, and cash with neat charts and interactive features.
- Billeo - A financial tool that helps you with bill pay and acts as a shopping, password, and offer assistant all in one.
- Buxfer - Easy online money management, but you don't have to store your bank data in the application - it will simply sync with your downloaded bank data, without putting your security at risk.
- Save Your Money, Save Your Identity (PDF) - How Financial Aid Applicants can Avoid Fraud & Identity Theft.
Free Apps for your Phone or iPad
- Check if your bank already offers a free app to keep track of your accounts.
- Mint.com - iPhone App of the web application, & shows you all your accounts in one place.
- ShopSavvy - Barcode scanner app for iPhone that helps you compare costs between stores.
- PageOnce - Personal assistant app for Android. Keep track of accounts, flights, cell phone minutes, bills, etc.
- Google Finance for Android
- Google Finance for iPhone
- Intuit Quicken
- ATM Hunter - Helps you find ATMs when you're out and about and in need of cash.