So you’re looking through the course list for your major and you get down to the bottom and see “Internship” on the list. You glance across from it and see that it’s only worth one credit and you ask yourself, “why would I waste my entire semester on that?” Little do you know that that […]
-Read more!Searching For Scholarships
Fighting college expenses may be an impossible task for those unable to obtain the scholarship or grant money needed to pay for college. CNN Money gives some advice in this area, making the scholarship search a little easier. Search Scholarship Websites Sites like Cappex, Fastweb, Zinch, and Scholarship.com are great places to start. Some of […]
-Read more!What College Students Should Know About Obamacare
If you’ve been paying any attention (for many, probably not) the past few years, you should already know that the government passed a health care plan in 2010 known as the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. In fact, disputes over the funding of Obamacare is one of the main reasons for the government shutdown that […]
-Read more!How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse While in College
Everyone should already know what to do in the event that the dead ever began to walk again: keep up your cardio, always shoot for the head, and if anyone ever gets bitten, be prepared to have to put them down. But in college, your resources will be limited. It’s very unlikely colleges will allow […]
-Read more!What You Probably Didn’t Know About Your College’s Health Center
If you’ve ever lived on campus and caught the flu, you may be familiar with the health center. I’d imagine it being like walking into your physician’s office and having to sit down in the waiting area for half an hour surrounded by a bunch of sick college students- as compared to sitting in a […]
-Read more!The Class of 2013 Didn’t Quite Meet Up to Standards (Either)
Last year, the College Board reported a drop in SAT scores from the Class of 2012 compared to the year before, showing that only 43% of high school graduates were ready for college. For the Class of 2013, scores remained virtually unchanged. This is making the College Board a little peeved and are now marking the […]
-Read more!Letters of Recommendation
Last month, I did a brief overview of the college application as well as how to write the essay for the college you wish to attend. The one thing I didn’t go into much detail on is how to go about getting letters of recommendation. Much of what I write here comes from Lee Binz (homeschool […]
-Read more!Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth Out of College?
The prices for admission into college is constantly rising, but does that mean that the quality of education is rising as well? A study had been done, assessing students on their academic skills before and after college, and it turned out that their performance only went up by one point. Why is that? The problem […]
-Read more!In Case of Emergency
You should always prepare for the unexpected when you’re in college. You’re away from home, so you don’t have your parents to take care of you and keep you updated on the impending doom that’s about to roll over you. Whether it be severe weather, environmental hazards, natural disasters, a pandemic, or an alien invasion, […]
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