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College isn?t necessary??
2008-02-10 03:53:00 Scary…thanks to The Best Article Every day. Thank you for subscribing to That College Kid’s feed. Don’t forget to come by the website sometimes and leave a comment. More About: Misc
Tips on how to save money
2008-02-01 01:10:00 Surviving College Life has created a list of 50 Ways to Save Money in College. The list is broken down into eight categories that basically covers everything. Here are what I think are the top five tips (with my comments): 19. Use student discounts when you travel. Check with the bus, train, or airline you ... More About: Save Money , Tips
Contest: Submit tips, tricks and advice!
2008-01-25 21:18:00 I’ve been wanting to hold a contest for my readers for awhile, but couldn’t think of a good way to go about it, but my mind has been made up for me. On behalf of H&R Block, I received two copies of H&R Block’s TaxCut Premium software for a giveaway, and so the contest begins. ... More About: Contest , Advice , Tips , Tricks , Submit
H&R Block offers free tax advice
2008-01-20 23:21:00 H&R Block is holding “Ask a Tax Advisor” sessions in honor of National Tax Advice Day 2008. Through January 31, you can have a free session, by email or phone, with an H&R Block tax professional. You’ll be working with someone with more than 8 years of experience and 250 hours of training. This ... More About: Free , Offers
Get ready for tax season
2008-01-17 03:46:00 The new year brings tax season and not all students have to file a return, but some do. If you’re not sure whether you’re included in those who do, you can visit the IRS site to find out. Tax season brings unhappy thoughts into most minds, but when you’re a student, it can be ... More About: Season , Ready , Get Ready
Are you a productive reader?
2008-01-12 18:56:00 Reading is an important and often endless task in college, yet most students detest it. Why? Because they’re not productive. If reading a twenty page chapter takes you forty-five minutes, then no wonder you don’t want to do it. For most classes, there’s no way around reading, so why not make sure you’re getting the ... More About: Reader
That College Kid has been nominated for Best Education Blog!
2008-01-06 19:06:00 I want to thank the folks at Performancing for nominating me for Best Education Blog in this year’s Performancing Awards 2007 Reader’s Choice Poll. Click here to vote! Thank you for subscribing to That College Kid’s feed. Don’t forget to come by the website sometimes and leave a comment. More About: Nominated
10 Money saving tips for the new year
2007-12-30 01:57:00 1. Save up before you spend your money on that new XBox 360…don’t put it on a credit card. 2. Join a credit union or find a bank that offers free student checking accounts 3. Prepare your FAFSA and apply for financial aid with your school 4. Apply for scholarships 5. Don’t buy textbooks unless absolutely necessary, and if ... More About: New Year , Money , Tips , Saving , Year
Don?t forget to evaluate your professor
2007-12-24 11:04:00 Since semesters are over one last thing you can do is rate your professors. To help out other students who are going to take your class, let them know about the instructor. (This is also helpful if you still haven’t registered for the spring.) RateMyProfessors.com and PickAProf.com are two websites that have a huge amount of ... More About: Fess
Subscribe to your professor?s feed?by making one
2007-12-19 07:36:00 I discovered a little known treasure today. Feed Yes can make an RSS feed out of any website so you can use this for professors who insist you check their website on a regular basis. FeedYes is a free service that requires registration. Setting up a feed is very easy, you just input the url address ... More About: Subscribe , Fess
Guard your privacy
2007-12-17 23:25:00 Myspace and Facebook both have settings to help guard your privacy. For myspace, you can and should set your profile to private, especially if you post any personal information, like your full name, address and phone number. Employers and schools can and do monitor what students post on social networks. Most of this seems like ... More About: Privacy , Guard
3 Lists: 252 things to know about college
2007-12-16 22:34:00 Between these three lists, there are 252 things that you should know about college. Most things can apply to just about everyone and most will make you laugh. What College Viewbooks Don’t Tell You 101 Things I Learned During My Freshman Year of College Useful Things College Taught Me More About: Lists
Time to sell those textbooks
2007-12-13 11:00:00 Semesters are coming to a close and it’s time to sell the textbooks you’ll no longer need. Some of them you never needed in the first place. I’ve been researching and found a few different websites that are best shots for my books. The offers from these websites were the highest, but it really takes ... More About: Time , Sell , Textbooks
Can you make money from surveys?
2007-12-12 18:28:00 That College Kid is a hobby website. It’s not my only, but it is currently my favorite. The purpose of this website is NOT to make money. It’s about the content, the readers and myself. That’s why there’s not ads everywhere. However, I do profit a little. I do have the Text Link Ads InLinks ... More About: Money , Make Money , Surveys , Make
Can you get straight A?s and be a campus butterfly?
2007-12-07 18:24:00 I’m getting pressure on all sides to join a student organization. Why? Because it opens up doors. Most scholarships are for well-rounded students. Most employers want a well-rounded student. I was pressured to join clubs in high school and I thought that would stop once I got to college. I was wrong. Jon Morrow recently ... More About: Campus , Butterfly , Straight
Commonly confused words
2007-12-05 20:57:00 The English language is very complicated and there are many sets of similar words that people have trouble with. Are you one of the many that confuse these words? accept - to receive: “She would not accept my proposal.” except - all but: “Everyone went except John.” access - admittance, a way of approach: “No one had access ... More About: Words
ScheduleFly - helpful?
2007-12-04 20:29:00 A lot of college students work in the food industry I’ve just discovered a service called ScheduleFly that uses employee scheduling. It allows for the restaurant manager to do online scheduling so employees actually know what shifts they’re going to work in a decent amount of time. The manager posts employee schedules online and an ... More About: Reviews
8 ways to aid your memory
2007-12-04 01:52:00 It is easier to forget something than to remember so to help yourself remember something, apply as many of the following techniques as possible. 1. Be flexible. Experiment with what helps you remember, whether it’s a mnemonic or simply adding color. 2. Overlearn. Practice and reorganize what you intend to remember in as many ways as possible. ... More About: Memory
Help bring Bin home
2007-12-03 03:29:00 Sorry about not posting this week - it’s been a busy one. I had a project due and a ten page paper that’s due Tuesday. The semester’s wrapping up and finals are in the next few weeks. Tonight I found out about two kids, age 6 and 2, who are on a quest to ... More About: Misc , Home
How to create a successful outline
2007-11-23 19:40:00 Not enough people know how to properly create an outline and that amazes me. The first step is to actually understand the material you’re reading because if you’re simply taking chunks of the chapter, you’re not going to get anywhere. There are different types of outlines, there’s one that the professor wants you to hand ... More About: Academic , Create , Outline
A cheap Thanksgiving when you can?t go home
2007-11-22 01:44:00 Don and I aren’t going to make it back home for Thanksgiving because he’s working over the holiday (he works in retail), so we weren’t planning to do anything special. I was thinking about making chicken fried steak since we have everything we need, but now, I think I’m going to make my own Thanksgiving. Cooked ... More About: Home , Cheap , Hank
Don?t you dare?in a formal paper
2007-11-21 05:28:00 Here’s a list my teacher gave me back in high school. It’s compiled of things that should never be in a formal composition. Don’t you dare… Use a contraction (don’t, couldn’t, etc.) Use “things” or “stuff”…be specific Use “nice” or “some” - too vague, over used Use “a lot” or worse - “alot” Use “bunch” Use slang Use “this, that, those, these” as ... More About: Writing , Paper , Dare , Formal
Note taking really isn?t that bad
2007-11-19 18:48:00 Cal over at Study Hacks wrote a blog post on how to take notes for power point slides, which got me thinking about my note-taking strategies. I’m a great note taker, always have been, but for some people, it’s a chore. I actually enjoy taking notes because I learn the material that much faster and ... More About: Academic , Note , Taking
Grand Central
2007-11-17 06:15:00 Grand Central is a service now owned by Google that brings all of your phone numbers together. Basically, you get one phone number that rings all of your numbers and you can decide which phone you want to answer on. There’s settings to decide which call gets directed to which line so only your ... More About: Grand
Why I don?t hate Vista
2007-11-17 00:53:00 Back in August, I purchased a Gateway ML3109 laptop and it came with Vista (Basic, I believe). At first, I was upset because I’d heard only horrible things. I’d seen screenshots of the changes and new features and wasn’t impressed. I was even less impressed because I’d heard Vista was a memory hog so ... More About: Hate
Custom essay writing
2007-11-15 01:18:00 In high school, a friend of mine paid an essay writing company to write an essay for him. He didn’t get caught actually because websites like Custom Writing actually writes the paper to your needs. Half the paper isn’t copied onto their website for teachers to simply paste the contents into Google. They have a ... More About: Essay
Custom essay writing
2007-11-15 01:18:00 In high school, a friend of mine paid an essay writing company to write an essay for him. He didn’t get caught actually because websites like Custom Writing actually writes the paper to your needs. Half the paper isn’t copied onto their website for teachers to simply paste the contents into Google. They have a ... More About: Essay
Shopping on Black Friday
2007-11-12 03:05:00 Black Friday is notorious (in America) for great shopping deals and extreme crowds. The day after Thanksgiving stores stay open all night or open at midnight and millions of people actually go shopping at those odd hours just for the low prices. I hate shopping in crowds and used to avoid Black Friday , Sundays, ... More About: Shopping , Black
Shopping on Black Friday
More articles from this author:2007-11-12 03:05:00 Black Friday is notorious (in America) for great shopping deals and extreme crowds. The day after Thanksgiving stores stay open all night or open at midnight and millions of people actually go shopping at those odd hours just for the low prices. I hate shopping in crowds and used to avoid Black Friday , Sundays, ... More About: Shopping , Black 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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