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How do Jumbos feel about managing their own finances?

"I don't think that through education we've been prepared unless we're economics majors. I took a class in eighth grade to learn to balance a checkbook. I didn't even have a checkbook in eighth grade."

Catie Maillard, Junior

"I think Tufts shouldn't only be preparing students academically, they should be preparing students for life. These are skills that you need to go out in the real world."

Jose Alfaro, Senior

"Sometimes I feel like I don't have all the skills to manage money, but I think I can budget and I haven't had a problem yet."

Iris Dupanovic, Freshman

I wouldn't really know how to handle a mortgage. Usually you don't learn things like that until you're older. Most of what I do know, I learned from my parents."

Louis Lee, Sophomore