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If you’re like most students, college was an amazing experience. However, soon you’ll be saying goodbye to your college community and entering a jungle of financial independence. With that in mind, here are 5 Tips for making this transition more manageable. Keeping these good habits will put you on the road to a bright financial future.

If you are looking for options to repay student loans, there are a ton of great online resources to help guide you through the process. Rather than reinventing the wheel and trying to come up with some new tools to help you repay student loans, we thought it may be easier to just send you straight to the source. Here are 5 free tools to help you manage your student debt.

Eric is the founder and editor-in chief of YoBucko, a personal finance site aimed at young adults. A native of Arkansas and current MBA candidate at Georgetown University, Eric has spent the last ten years honing his personal finance passion and developing tools and resources to help you save money, pay off debt and build wealth. Read more…

Use this student loan payment calculator to estimate your monthly student loan payments. Then post a comment for your chance to win a $25 iTunes card!

It is really important to establish and maintain a strong credit history so that your credit score remains high. If you haven’t checked your credit report in the last 12 months, it’s easy to request a free copy from each of the three major credit reporting agencies in the U.S. Continue reading to learn how!