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The Right Way to Handle an Inheritance 05/18/2015 08:00pm • If you are fortunate enough to receive an inheritance, buy a nice bottle of Champagne and toast your benefactor. But then institute a cooling-off period before you start spending, financial advisors recommend. A new car, vacation or kitchen renovation may be in your future, but make sure you carefu 10 Medical Schools Where Students Pay a High Price 05/18/2015 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: What Students Wish They'd Known About Paying for College Before Graduation 05/17/2015 08:00pm • Seth Burgett, a recent John Brown University graduate, has some advice for future college students: "Just slow down, think and get experience before you go to college," he says. "If you're on the fence, you don't need to go to college right away." Burgett started at the University of Nebraska--Lin Advice on Law School Admissions Offers, LSATs on Applications 05/17/2015 08:00pm • Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a monthly feature of Law Admissions Lowdown that provides admissions advice to readers who send in questions and admissions profiles. If you have a question about law school, please email me for a chance to be featured next month. Dear S Alexandria one step closer to Metro station at Potomac Yard 05/16/2015 03:25pm • WASHINGTON --  Alexandria has moved a step closer to building a $268 million dollar Metrorail station at Potomac Yard, the sprawling abandoned rail yard between Route 1 and the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The City Council has held its final public hearing on the proposal before it votes 10 Essential Money-Saving Tips for College Graduates 05/14/2015 08:00pm • Life after graduation signals a new world of opportunity and responsibility. You're most likely kicking off your career, moving out of campus housing and becoming financially independent. To help you take control of your finances, here are a few essential money-saving tips:1. Start a budget. The fir 3 Money Mistakes Empty Nesters Make 05/14/2015 08:00pm • When your kids leave home, you may worry about how they're going to handle their money. But don't forget to worry about yourself, too. After all, this is new territory for you as well. You may have more money than ever with the kids gone, or you may be paying for more than ever, especially if you 4 Costly Misconceptions About Student Loans 05/14/2015 08:00pm • Student loans may be designed to help your child become smarter, but after trying to find some, you may end up feeling pretty stupid. It doesn't help that by the time you get to looking at student lending options, you're probably mentally exhausted from helping your college-bound kid apply to scho Lock in College Financial Aid Before Senior Year of High School 05/14/2015 08:00pm • College didn't register on Billie Jo Day's radar when she was a child in small-town Shoals, Indiana. "There was no way to conceive of going to college," says Day, 35, whose parents didn't have college degrees at the time. In middle school, Day registered for Indiana's 21st Century Scholars Program Saving Strategies for People Between Age 55 and Retirement 05/13/2015 08:00pm • Retirement may look far away, but those who are closing in on it can tell you that it comes faster than you think. What you do in the last 10 years before you retire can make an enormous difference in how comfortable your retirement years will be. "From 55 to 65, you've got time to really make a d Real Estate Investing Opportunities in Assisted Living 05/13/2015 08:00pm • The aging of one of the nation's largest generations -- the baby boomers -- is a potential investment opportunity that has been on the radar of astute real estate investors for years. The first children of the boomer generation (defined as post-World War II babies born between 1946 and 1964) began 8 Student Loan Repayment Myths Experts Want to See Disappear 05/12/2015 08:00pm • When it comes to repaying student loans, failing to separate truth from fiction is a costly mistake. Students who don't have the facts straight about their repayment options may overpay on their loans, fall for scams or miss out on borrower protections. To debunk common misunderstandings, U.S. News Are You a Supermarket Snob? 05/12/2015 05:00am • Plenty of consumers open their hearts and wallets to a grocery store that has a reputation for high-quality foods, and then never shop anywhere else. In fact, Jim Abbott, a sales and marketing manager in Cleveland, Ohio, probably speaks for a lot of people when he says: "I avoid the discount groc Where to Splurge and Where to Save on Your Kids 05/11/2015 08:00pm • Most parents want the best for their kids, but it's not always easy to find that balance between splurging (and risking entitlement or debt) and saving. "There are people who take it to such an extreme both ways, people who deny their children everything, but it's also wrong to give them everythin 10 Ways to Give Your Finances a Facelift 05/11/2015 08:00pm • If you find yourself struggling to get on top of your bills or slowly adding to your mound of debt each month, then it might be time for an intervention. These 10 ideas will help you proactively take control of your money so you feel like you're making steady progress toward greater financial securi