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Degree Free

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Welcome to Degree Free! It’s our job to share fundamentals we’ve discovered and the mistakes we’ve made while self educating, getting work, building businesses, and making money. We’ll tell you how to make it happen, no degree needed!

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Degree Free #209 addresses a critical decision point for families with teenage athletes: whether pursuing college sports is the right path. The episode reframes the conversation away from the automatic assumption that athletic talent should lead to college, instead asking parents and teens to separate two distinct…

Worth it if you're a parent with a high school athlete considering college sports and want a clear framework to separate emotional attachment from financial and career reality.

Hannah Maruyama discusses the hidden pitfalls of merit aid awards for college-bound teenagers. The episode centers on a real case study: an 18-year-old with no declared major or career goal who received a $5,000 merit award from a school costing $19,000 annually. Maruyama frames merit aid as a sales tool designed to…

Worth it if you have a teenager with merit aid offers and want a framework to evaluate whether college makes sense before accepting the award.

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