General
Financial Assistance for Women College Students
One of the difficulties in entering college is finding the means to pay your tuition. However, there are many organizations and foundations that can provide you with financial assistance. For women, there are scholarships and fellowship grants that could help you pursue a college or graduate school program that you want. The following are some [...]
Filed under General, October 15th, 2008Tips on Paying Off Student Loans
Student loans could be your ticket to college or graduate studies. Though they can help make things a little easy on your pocket, you still have to think of ways to pay off student loans easily. With a price to pay after schooling, you surely don’t want to get stuck in debt for a long [...]
Filed under General, October 13th, 2008Managing Stress When in College or Post-Graduate School
With too many things to do in so little time, you may feel tension creeping inside you. You suddenly feel like time is not enough and that you haven’t accomplished so much. You may lose sleep or even miss your lunch hours trying to do schoolwork or review for your finals. The truth is, you’re [...]
Filed under General, October 11th, 2008Three Ways to Avoid Online Diploma Mills
“Earn your diploma at home!” This is the most familiar banner that online schools tell potential students who are on the lookout for more convenient and practical schooling. While there is nothing wrong with seeking education from online sources, you have to be aware of a kind of mischief in online schools, known as online [...]
Filed under General, October 9th, 2008Decision Making: University or Community College
Now that you’re taking the big step from being a high school graduate to someone who is paving a career path, the question is in which institution of higher learning you should go to. Incoming college freshmen usually have two choices: either they go to a university or they go to a community college. What [...]
Filed under General, October 7th, 2008Decision Making: College or Vocational School?
Now that you have graduated from high school, you have two choices on where to go: either you go to college or you look for a job. Assuming that you decide to go ahead to pursue higher education, here’s the question: would you rather go to a college or to a vocational school? Colleges and [...]
Filed under General, October 5th, 2008Juggling Your School Life with our Part-time Job
To make the proverbial ends meet, some college students embark on a part-time job. Sans the fact that it is a part-time job, there still may be instances when the student can experience stress and burnout especially while they are trying to fulfill all their academic requirements while still being able to go to work [...]
Filed under General, October 3rd, 2008Keep Yourself Motivated throughout Your School Life
People know for a fact that they have experienced periods in their school life when they feel desperate or simply indifferent to the demands of school. Many psychologists believe that many people go through this stage. Nevertheless, there are ways to make yourself be motivated during these times. Here are a few tips that you [...]
Filed under General, October 1st, 2008How You Can Save on Textbooks
No matter what level of schooling you are in, textbooks often cost quite a lot. Still, it is essential that you have these books to guide you through your lessons. Here are some tips on how you can save some money on your textbooks: Borrowing textbooks School libraries, public libraries, relatives’ libraries, and classmates’ libraries [...]
Filed under General, September 29th, 2008Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Students: A Closer Look
Self-help articles for students generally focus on what students could do about their academic life. We are going to veer away from that. Instead, we’ll give you new perspectives on some common habits of highly unsuccessful students. >Mediocrity is just a state of mind. It’s common knowledge that a lot of students churning out average [...]
Filed under General, September 12th, 2008