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Save money with the Level Up Budget Study

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Sign up by October 1 for a chance to win up to a $200 gift card

Making Waves is launching the Level Up Budget Study to help current scholarship recipients in our Making Waves College and Career Success Program strengthen their financial skills and build confidence with money management. 

When you sign up, you’ll be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 

  • An online budgeting course (self-paced, mobile-friendly – if paced weekly, 30 min a week for 6 weeks) 
  • An online budgeting course PLUS 1:1 financial coaching (30 minute sessions)

Why should I take this course?

By the end of the course, you will:

  • Build healthy financial habits by tracking all expenses, prioritizing needs first, and building emergency savings
  • Have a monthly & term budget that incorporates both personal expenses and financial aid refunds

What will I receive?

Students who complete the course will:

  • Receive a FREE 1-year membership to the You Need A Budget (YNAB) app 💻 
  • Be automatically entered into a raffle to win a $100, $150, or $200 gift card 🎉 (if course is completed by December 1)

Sign up today!

The entire course can be completed on your phone, making it easy to stay on track wherever you are. 

Sign up today to secure your spot and level up your budgeting skills! The course will start around mid-October.

Sign up by October 1
CATEGORIES: Scholarship and Financial Aid
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About Making Waves Education Foundation

At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 430 college students.​
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Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning.​
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Our alumni network includes more than 730 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 85% graduating debt-free.