We all like making a little money on the side, but balancing a part time job and schoolwork is tough. Even for the best students,…
Transferring Schools: Should you, or Shouldn’t you?
Transferring schools. If these two words are causing an internal struggle, I’m here to help ease your decision fatigued brain. While transferring schools is a…
Don’t Regret Missed Opportunities
“Don’t regret missed opportunities!” The number of times I’ve heard some version of this phrase throughout my four years as an undergraduate is immeasurable. For…
Internship Scams: Protecting Yourself from Thieves
As you get further into your college career, you may find yourself looking for more practical experience outside of the classroom setting. One of the…
How to Survive Your First Career Fair
Most of us are attending school in order to better ourselves in the face of the daunting “real world.” We put in hard hours at…
Why You Should Study Abroad
Believe it or not, summer is already almost over and it’s time for college students, freshman and upperclassmen alike, to get ready for fall semester.…
How to Spend Your Summer Before Freshmen Year
Congratulations, you did it! You roughed it through four possibly awkward, possibly tiresome, and hopefully meaningful years of high school. By this time you’ve already…
Why Seek Adventure?
Defining Adventure The dictionary definition of an adventure is an exciting or dangerous experience. Personally, I consider anything that awakens something inside of me to…
Differences When Living Abroad
Whether it be for study abroad, for work experience, or for any other reason at all, moving abroad can be both an extremely stressful and…
Life Skills College Doesn’t Teach You
When entering the real world after college, many recent graduates are unprepared for the real world and lack basic life skills and knowledge. This isn’t…
Books To Read In 2015
We know you’re busy writing essays, taking final exams and dreaming about summer break but if you get a craving for a good book, check…
How to Conquer College Exams in 9 Steps
College exams can be very overwhelming. They may even be so overwhelming you struggle with composing yourself and have difficulty concentrating. I am going to…
Bounce Back from Post – Midterm Blues
Midterms got you feeling down? You know the semester is well underway when you’ve already gotten your first midterm grade back. One thing I’ve found…
HOW TO: Study Groups
Utilizing the “study group” can make or break your semester grades. Although generally college students aren’t a fan of “group” stuff (such as work, projects…
Classic College Cinema
With “sweater weather” on the horizon nothing is better (and cheaper) than skipping the movie theatre, inviting the significant other over to the dorm (within…