My Life My Choices: Student Edition by the Numbers
Award-Winning Program | 2020 Update
Since its launch, a little over a year ago, Money Fit by DRS’s My Life My Choices: Student Edition has given over 5,000 students from more than 350 schools in all 50 states and Washington DC, 54 countries, and six continents the chance to learn the value of prioritizing their personal expenses through a hands-on, risk-free activity.
Recognized by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education as the 2019 Outstanding Financial Information Award for its excellence in design and potential benefit to participants, My Life My Choices – Student Edition takes learners through a 30- to 45-minute online budgeting activity that presents them with various daily financial scenarios that might occur during their first month of living on their own at college after high school. Based on the student’s chosen priorities, each scenario might result in extra money in their account or in consequences that add extra fees or unexpected costs to their budget.
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Special thanks to everyone that has helped make this project so successful!
Thanks to its commitment to providing financial education to community members everywhere, Money Fit by DRS is a 501(c)3 nonprofit credit counseling agency that provides My Life My Choices – Student Edition to all learners free of charge. Plus, Money Fit does not use any of the personally identifying information for marketing or reporting purposes.
Money Fit has noticed how excited students get about sharing their results and experiences with classmates, promoting an ongoing conversation around money, priorities, and budgeting that exists in very few other contexts, real or virtual.
The objectives of My Life My Choices: Student Edition are to help students to apply critical thinking skills, analyze priorities, and evaluate the consequences of life choices based on real-life financial scenarios.
All participants who complete the course automatically receive a personalized certificate of completion in PDF format sent immediately via email. The certificate includes the student’s name, class, or referring agency if indicated, the date and time of completion, and a unique, verifiable certificate number.