college life
How do You Make the Most of College with Little to Know Money.
One of the best videos in Youtube I’ve ever seen was of Steve Jobs’ commencement address at Stanford University. In one part of his speech he said that he was broke in college because he dropped out after one semester. Since he didn’t have any money he would go to the Hare Krishna temple across [...]
Filed under college life, January 17th, 2013How to Motivate Yourself in College During Difficult Times
As exciting as college may seem to you it can also be quite a challenging place. First of all many freshmen become homesick. It’s quite understandable because they already established some identity for themselves in high school, they already know their place in their world in high school. Now going to college they’re forced to [...]
Filed under college life, January 11th, 2013Staying Safe on Campus
If you’re reading this blog post I know you’re quite excited about starting college. I understand that college is a fun and exciting place to be specially if it’s your freshman year. There’s just so many new people to meet and new situations to enjoy. There’s going to be a lot of great experiences awaiting [...]
Filed under college life, January 8th, 2013Organizations to Join in College
College can be a very confusing and lonely place. It’s not surprising if it turns out this way because you spent several years becoming happy getting to accept yourself in high school. It took you several years to become comfortable in your own skin to finally enjoy your place in the picture. It took you [...]
Filed under college life, January 5th, 2013What to Do When You’re Struggling with Your Grades in College.
It happens to the best of us. Not everybody can rock straight A’s or straight B’s all the time. The problem is college is part of real life. There are many distractions, everybody has their ups and downs and sometimes if you’re in the wrong class with a lot of ultra smart and ultra focused [...]
Filed under college life, January 2nd, 2013How to Deal with Depression in College
Being homesick in college is a natural phenomenon. You really shouldn’t blame yourself for feeling like a fish out of water since it took several years for you to find your place in high school. A lot of your support network, your friends, your family is back home. It’s perfectly natural to feel a little [...]
Filed under college life, December 30th, 2012Which Clothes do You Bring to your College Dorm
It’s very interesting that many students don’t really pay much attention to what they will wear while in college. Many assume that the clothes that they are wearing in high school would be the same as their threads in college. Many find out the hard way that fashion tastes in college vary greatly from fashion [...]
Filed under college life, December 27th, 2012Coping with a Low Budget in College
Even if you come from a fairly well off family college is probably the first, if not the only time in your life where you feel poor. It doesn’t take much to realize why. If you’re a typical college student that is living on financial aid you really only have anywhere from less than 10,000 [...]
Filed under college life, December 24th, 2012Dealing with College Homesickness
http://i.imgur.com/BovMU.jpg College is probably the first time in your life that you will be away from your parents for any extended period of time. Sure, in the past you have had summer camp or overnight slumber parties with your friends across town. College is different. We are talking about completely cutting off the umbilical cord [...]
Filed under college life, December 21st, 2012Making a Solid Study Plan for College
One of the most difficult things about college is balancing your social life, career, and studies. Here’s what Study-Skills says about how a strong study plan can help you: Students can’t float through their classes and do well. You must be organized and disciplined. In short, you must have a plan. The study plan has [...]
Filed under college life, March 4th, 2011