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From balancing your course load to forging relationships with classmates to extracurricular involvement, these are the tried and true methods to nail your career as a student.
Helpful Tips for Students to Write a Professional Essay
With the right type of information, every student can write a professional essay as quickly as they write other aspects of your academics. In this article, we are going to discuss helpful tips for writing a professional essay.
By Keran Mourning6 years ago in Education
What Should You Avoid While Writing an Essay to Get Admission in a College?
You cannot ignore the importance of admission essay. Admission essays are your ticket to get the admission in a college, and start the program of your choice. You should have strong critical thinking skills to come up with a two-fisted admission essay. Here are three common mistakes that students commit while writing an essay to get admission in a college.
By LouiseDazzle6 years ago in Education
5 Habits That Will Help You Manage Your Money in College
1. Create a Budget If you want to properly manage your money at any time in your life, college included, it's important to start with a working budget that allows you to see money coming in and money going out so you can balance the numbers accordingly. Unfortunately, most college students have no experience with this task. If you're unsure how to get started, simply look for tutorials and templates online, or better yet, take a personal finance class.
By Chowdhury Shahid-uz-zaman6 years ago in Education
The Best Ways to Help Your Child When They’re Struggling with School Material
Spending time in the classroom is one thing. Learning at home is another. Children often face a pile of assignments but feel too tired after spending half of their day at school, especially when they’re involved in extracurricular activities. This means that even if the school material they have is well-designed and not difficult to grasp, your little one might still be struggling with it. If you want to assist them but don’t know how, you’re at the right place. Listed below are some of the best ways to help your child when they’re struggling with their school material.
By Marie Nieves6 years ago in Education
Strapping
In the not so subtle hierarchies that exist in school, there are a series of practices that those at the top of the ladder subject to those at the bottom. These are compounded at boarding school, where the students who are left largely to themselves, forge their own ritualistic privileges and are reinforced by the very system in which they live. At my boarding school, “strapping” was one such practice.
By Archibald Jacobs6 years ago in Education
Factors to Consider Before Applying to Law School
Disposition Different people have different strengths. Your family, friends and teachers may encourage you to go to law school, but if it requires you to operate too far out of your wheelhouse, you may not find it worthwhile in the long run. Likewise, if you want to be an attorney simply because you want to make a great salary, you may consider other careers with this benefit that are more in line with what you enjoy doing. It takes certain skills to be successful as an attorney. You must be willing to work long hours and have the capacity to comb through detailed information to build a case. These same skills are needed to even get your JD. You want to make sure your strengths match up with the rigors of acquiring a law degree before you take the leap. If you do decide that the law is the right career path for you, you still must choose the type of law in which you are most interested, whether it be corporate law or immigration law. These choices can have an effect on where you decide to study.
By Paisley Hansen6 years ago in Education
The Financial Aid GAG
FINANCIAL AID GAG I’m going to jump right in and get straight to the point! The most common types of aid are: Grants—Free funds usually based on need and low income Loans—Debt which must be paid back at some point Scholarships—Free money based on merit Work-Study funds—(Yes, federal work-study awards are Federal Financial Aid funded. It’s based on need, and students must work a part-time job to receive a bi-weekly pay check.)
By Sophia Yates6 years ago in Education
Fill in the Blank
Mere seconds ago had I pulled up the blank Vocal template, but now—it seems like now has always been—I stare hypnotically at my computer screen, that white glow attracting my eyes in the midst of this naturally lit, near-nightfall room. My gaze hangs, loosely tethered to this page of potential, this "could be," this "not yet," until some unknown force inside of me urges my eyes to focus. I blink rapidly, a few times in succession, and shake my head. I had in mind to write something instructive and encouraging about grad school. Perhaps a "you can do it," or a "at least just try," but now all I can think about is "blank page," which leads to "unwritten thesis," which transforms into "failure."
By Stacy Watkins6 years ago in Education
Tips and Tricks for the Engineering Student
At this point in the school year, my fellow engineering students (or maybe not engineering—maybe students just trying to learn how I study) are probably struggling, or trying to get inspired to get through midterms or finals. Let me start off my saying that I am in my third year of undergrad, in Electrical and Computer Engineering. There are probably a maximum of five females in my class (including myself) at this point in my course. This is all just my experience, especially since the school I attend is very small and very male-dominated—not just in the engineering department. One of the first classes I attended, I was pointed out by male teacher who called me a "little girl," and proceeded to assume my ethnicity and speak to me in Spanish (when I am Filipina, and can't speak Spanish worth anything). He continued to do that for the rest of the year, and I was unable to drop the course as all classes were full. It was a deeply disturbing experience for me to sit through a class where the guys in my class would join in and tease me, calling me, "little girl." At my school, I had to earn the respect of my peers and teachers, in order for me to not get teased or called out in such a manner that would never happen to my male counterparts. I was once a straight A student, and now I was struggling to get a B. My sophomore year, I had to try my hardest in everything, and get the best grades in order for people to stop thinking of me as the person that was constantly struggling in class to actually wanting to be a part of my study group. Here are a few things that I did to get my grades together, and start studying more efficiently.
By Emily Harwood6 years ago in Education
Federal Student Loans: Three Ways for Relief
Many people worry about paying off their student loans. In fact, it has been estimated that more than 40 million people have unpaid student loans in the United States. About 5.6 million of them owe more than $50,000.
By Margaret Minnicks6 years ago in Education
