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Common College Application Mistakes to Avoid When Applying to College
2008-05-28 06:52:00 You?ve done a lot of work already to get into the colleges of your choice. You studied and took the right classes, you practiced for and completed the required exams, you engaged in afterschool and club activities, and you researched the colleges and programs that interested you. Don?t let the work be for nothing by making common college application mistakes that turn the school?s eyes away from you. You?re in the last stretch now so give it your all! More About: College , Common , Application , Avoid
How To Get In To College When You?ve Been Wait-Listed
2008-04-28 06:57:00 How To Get In To College When You?ve Been Wait -Listed You received your application response from the college of your choice and it wasn?t the news that you wanted to hear. You were hoping for a ?you?ve been accepted? letter and instead you got the news that ?you?ve been wait-listed?. Yes, this is disappointing, and you ...
Preparing for College Admissions Tests - SATs and ACTs
2008-04-18 04:38:00 Preparing for College Admissions Exams - SATs and ACTs It?s time to start thinking about taking your college admissions tests and you find that your heart is fluttering and your anxiety levels are going up. It?s a common reaction to that time of high school when college admissions test deadlines begin to get harder and harder ... More About: College Admissions , Tests
The Three Types Of Colleges - Which College is Right for You
2008-04-15 03:23:00 The Three Types Of College s - Which College is Right for You As you begin your college applications, you?re going to need to figure out which type of college is right for you. While there are going to be a lot of different things to look at as you go through your college research, one of ... More About: Colleges , College Admissions
College Admissions Checklist - How to Prepare a College Admissions Checklis
2008-04-13 00:12:00 College Admissions Checklist - How to Prepare a College Admissions Checklist in High School High school is a time which can be filled with fun and excitement, but it?s also a period during which you?re going to be doing a lot of hard work. That hard work is what?s going to get you into college ...
Figuring Out The Best Art Schools For You - Which Art School is Best for YO
2008-04-11 00:30:00 Figuring Out The Best Art School s For You : Which Art School s Are the Best for You?! Art is a terrifically subjective thing. What you like, how you experience it and even what your opinion is on the formal vs. informal education options for studying it are all highly personal. And so, choosing ...
Getting Along With Your College Roommates
2008-04-05 17:11:00 Getting Along With Your College Roommates It?s almost time to make the move to your first dorm room or college apartment and you?re terrified. It?s not so much that you?re afraid to leave home (that part?s actually kind of exciting even though it has moments of being scary) but more that you?re somewhat threatened by ...
What is College Dorm Life Like - Tips for Surviving College Dorm Living
2008-04-02 17:41:00 What is College Dorm Life Like Are you trying to make the decision of whether or not to live in a college dorm during your first year in college? If your college campus gives you an option for living on or off campus, you might be thinking that dorm life isn?t for you. It?s ... More About: Living , Tips
How to Make the Transition from High School to College Life Easier
2008-04-01 07:34:00 How to Make the Transition from High School to College Life Easier The transition to college is often difficult for students to make. Frequently, it means moving to a new home which might not be in the same city ? or even the same part of the country ? as your high school home. ... More About: High School
Prepaid Tuition Plans and Financial Planning for College
2008-03-26 16:47:00 Prepaid Tuition Plans and Financial Planning for College Have you ever heard of a prepaid tuition plan? Sometimes known as a ?529? (after the federal IRS code which addresses the issue), prepaid tuition plans allow people to plan ahead for college, locking in the current rate of college tuition for children who will be attending ... More About: Prepaid
What You Need To Know About Getting Internships In College
2008-03-12 18:46:00 What You Need To Know About Getting Internships In College Internships are an important part of the college experience. They give you much-needed experience in the working world, let you explore areas of interest to determine whether or not you want to pursue them as careers and meet people who are professionals in the industries ...
The Frugal Student: Picking The Right College For Your Pocketbook
2008-02-04 21:15:00 The Frugal Student : Picking The Right College For Your Pocketbook Choosing a College That You Can Afford College is expensive. There?s just no real way around that fact ? but there is a way to get around spending a fortune on your college education. If you?re a frugal student who plans ahead and thinks ...
Distance Learning When You Have Work / Family Responsibilities
2008-01-06 21:05:00 You?re ready to commit to going to college, but you aren?t quite sure how you?re going to make it happen. You?ve already started real life. Maybe you didn?t go to college straight out of high school or perhaps your particular situation has saddled you with a family and work responsibilities before college could ... More About: Family , Work , Learning , Distance Learning , Responsibilities
College Financial Aid
2007-11-18 19:19:00 One of the biggest concerns facing most students who are getting ready to head off to college is the big, looming question of ?how am I going to pay for this?? Even students who are able to rely on their parents for some financial assistance are encouraged to think about the cost of college, ... More About: College , Financial , Financial Aid
Creating a College Schedule
2007-09-06 04:46:00 How to Choose Your Coll ege Courses & Make Your Schedule Are you thinking about creating a college schedule? If so, it?s probably because you feel like you need to have a schedule in front of you to know what needs to be done when. This is terrific because it lets you budget your time, set your ... More About: Creating
Tips for Time Management in College
2007-08-10 03:56:00 Time Management Tips for College Students A major cause of academic difficulties for college students is poor time management skills. College students must be able to budget their time wisely in order to fit in all of their classes, homework, and exam study time as well as any jobs or volunteering that they do, family responsibilities ... More About: Time Management
College and Dangers of Binge Drinking
2007-07-12 05:11:00 Coll ege and Dangers of Bing e Drinking As college begins, students find themselves facing many opportunities to consume alcohol and they have some big decisions to make about how they want to deal with those opportunities. Students frequently find that the combination of freedom of living away from home for the first time, the peer pressure surrounding ...
How To Handle Family And Manage College At The Same Time
2007-07-03 03:32:00 Tips for Handling Going to College and Manage Family Life Is it possible to manage a family and attend college at the same time? Of course it is! But the combination of responsibilities necessary to do both of these things and still maintain a stable emotional self requires that you take a proactive approach to planning ... More About: Time , Same
How To Save Up For College When You Started To Save Too Late
2007-06-26 05:22:00 How to Save for Coll ege Tuition When You Start Saving Late You knew that you were supposed to start saving for college as early as possible. When your grandparents gave you those monetary gifts for graduation, they did so with the expectation that you would set aside the money for college. But you had trips to ...
What You Need To Know About Applying To Graduate School
2007-06-18 04:35:00 What You Need to Know Before You Apply to Graduate School As you begin to think about applying to graduate school, you?ll find that a lot of questions come to mind. Where should you apply? What is the experience going to be like? Will a graduate degree really help you to get the job that you ... More About: College Admissions , Graduate School , Adua
Working With Your High School Guidance Counselor
2007-05-27 03:18:00 Working with Your Senior High School Guid ance Counselor I know, I know ? you don?t want to be that nerdy kid who is seen making an appointment with your high school guidance counselor. Even worse, you don?t want to be known as the kid that the counselor says hi to in the hallway because she?s so ... More About: High School
The Best Film Schools Are In California
2007-05-17 01:31:00 Where are the Best Film Schools ? If you?re passionate about your budding film career and you?re getting ready to start applying to film school so that you can go further with it, you might be wondering what the top film schools are. When you think film, you probably immediately think ?Hollywood? so it should be no ... More About: California , Film School , Calif
Checklist For Moving Into Your Dorm
2007-05-10 04:03:00 What Should You Bring When Moving Into a DormMoving into your college dorm is both exciting and nerve-wracking. You?re probably moving away from the hometown where your family and friends are located and you?re going to be meeting an entirely new set of people in a new town. There?s going to be a lot to ... More About: Ving
Learning How To Study In College
2007-04-24 06:12:00 We all know that it can be difficult to study in college. There are simply so many distractions. There are club meetings to attend, parties to plan, lunches to enjoy. For some, there are outside commitments to work and family. And for everyone, there is already the over-committed schedule of attending classes and making sure ... More About: College , Study , Learning , Learn , Coll
How To Write A College Term Paper
2007-04-18 06:23:00 Coll ege life can be fun and exciting. You?re learning new things. You?re meeting new people. Your world is being broadened on a daily basis. But college is also work and when it comes time to sit down and write a college term paper, you might find that you aren?t quite feeling the fun. Relax. The ... More About: Write , Paper , Term
Best Law Schools: What?s It All Mean?
2007-04-13 23:15:00 You?ve taken the LSAT and you know what your score was. You?re getting close to the end of your undergraduate college career and you have a good idea of what your final GPA will be. You might even know more or less where you rank for your graduating class. Now you?re thinking about law school, ... More About: Law School , Schools , School , What , Hat
5 Things To Think About When Choosing A College
2007-04-05 18:08:00 Choosing a college is a big decision which will take up a big bit of your mental energy during the time that you are making your college plans. There are so many different colleges to choose from that you could plan forever without getting to the point of actually attending the college at all. But ... More About: College , About , Think , Sing , When
Online Schools vs. On-site Schools
2007-03-31 01:08:00 As a woman who got her Bachelor?s Degree in just two years while working part-time and raising foster children, I am a huge supporter of using online schools to complete your higher education. However, I am also fully aware that the way that I tend to operate as a student differs greatly from that of ... More About: Schools , School , Site , Online , Line
4 year college vs. 2 year college
2007-03-25 05:37:00 CHOOSING BETWEEN A 2 YEAR COLLEGE AND A 4 YEAR COLLEGE Here you are; you are about to enter your college career and you need to make a decision about which college you are going to attend. With a plethora of options facing you, it can be hard to determine which school is right for you. ... More About: College , Year , Coll
Success During Your College Interviews
More articles from this author:2007-03-18 22:47:00 SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE ADMISSIONS INTERVIEWS There are two basic feelings that you might have when it comes time to do the college interviews which can make or break your application to the institution of your choice. On the one hand, you may feel that your true personality really shines through in person in a way that ... More About: Views , Interviews , College , Inter , Success 1, 2 |
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