For teachers

Using Ramen to Runway in a personal finance class

Free, private, and nothing to set up. There are no accounts and no logins. Everything a student enters stays on their own device, so there’s no student data for anyone to collect or store.

What students can do in one class period

• Budget a paycheck. Setup takes about a minute: a paycheck, a few bills, and a bank balance, real or made up. The app answers one question: how much is safe to spend before the next payday?
• Find a student price. Add a subscription or two and see which ones cost less for students.
• Split rent with roommates. Add a shared cost and see who owes who.
• Invest pretend money. The Practice lab trades at real prices and compares each student with just buying an S&P 500 fund on day one.
• Take a lesson. 37 lessons of two or three minutes each, with one quiz question apiece and a link to the official page each was checked against: budgeting, credit, FAFSA and financial aid, taxes, first jobs and internships, investing, gold and silver, and spotting scams. The Learn tab puts the ones that fit the time of year first.

A sample week, 20 minutes a day

1. Safe to spend. Set up a paycheck and bills, then talk about why the number shrinks as payday gets closer.
2. Bills and subscriptions. Add up a year of subscriptions, and look for student prices.
3. Cards and loans. Card utilization, and what student loan interest does while you’re in school.
4. The Practice lab. Start a class challenge, then compare with the S&P 500 fund two weeks later.
5. A first job. Paychecks, gig income, and how much to set aside for taxes.

Sample data

Share the sample data link so students can explore a made-up college student’s money without typing anything in. Nothing they change there is saved.

Privacy for schools

• No logins, names, or email addresses.
• No ads, analytics, or tracking.
• Data stays on each student’s device, and clearing the browser deletes it.
• Meant for students 13 and older.

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Questions

Email hello@ramentorunway.app, or use Contact us in the app.