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What were the three most important decisions of your life?

By Matthew Dicks | July 24, 2014 |

A recent Quora question asked, “What were the three most important decisions of your life?” I’ve been debating this question for almost a month, and I have finally settled on three. While many decisions could have occupied these three spots, I decided to favor the toughest and most unlikely decisions of my life rather than…

Cost effective way of attending college

By Matthew Dicks | June 7, 2012 |

The New York Times recently ran a piece on the soaring cost of college: For all borrowers, the average debt in 2011 was $23,300, with 10 percent owing more than $54,000 and 3 percent more than $100,000, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports. Average debt for bachelor degree graduates who took out loans…