Perhaps your high school career hit a rough patch or two: a failing grade, a bad freshman year, a suspension, even bad SAT/ACT scores. Can you still...
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Cover Letters for College Grads
You’re done with classwork, but now you have another challenge—getting a job. Once again, it’s probably a first—and you thought you were done with...
The Essay: The Hardest Part of the College Application
Most everyone chokes at writing the college essay. It does not fit the regular format of a high school essay, you think it should sell you but you...
How to Choose a Roommate Your First Year in College
Your roommate can actually shape a lot of your college experience, but to find someone you like and even someone you might become a life-long friend...
Lower College Enrollment, Lower College Costs?
A dip in the birthrate means there are now fewer high school graduates, especially in the Midwest and the Northeast. There is also a decline in non...
College Students: Summer Job or Summer Classes?
Money is always an issue for most college students. When summer rolls around, it can offer time to get a job to save for expenses and to help defray...
College Students Can Be Given More than Cash
Parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and friends are giving gifts to high schools graduates as they prepare to head off to college in the fall...
What a College Freshman Should Know
It’s a new adventure, but it can be scary too—landing on a college campus for the first time in your life! Here are some things to keep in mind as...
Choosing a Major
College is about your future, BUT your future in what? Everyone who goes to college must think about a major. Although in most colleges the first two...
Why Community College?
Many students seem bound for Ivy League colleges, or at least private colleges. Others look to large public universities. One kind of post-secondary...