College Tips

For the first time, you will be away from your parents’ rules. You will have your own place to call home. For the first time, you will be away from your high school friends and any drama or pressure they may cause to your life. For the first time, you will leave your comfort zone […]

Deciding what to do before and after college can lead an individual to a crossroad. For many individuals, a gap year is the ideal solution. A gap year is any duration of time that a student takes to travel, volunteer, or intern in another location. While called a gap year, the “gap year” can be […]

One of the big choices you will make in life is to pick a college to attend. There are many, many factors to consider in choosing a school for higher education. You have to decide whether you want to attend college nearby and live at home, attend college far away and move away, or take […]

I can remember the frantic hassle of adjusting to college as a freshman. First, I arrived on campus with boxes and bags and suitcases full of everything I would need to survive the next few months of the semester, everything from soap to notebooks to the iron to my computer to my handy USB flash […]

I work in a computer lab at school and watch students come in and out during the course of a day to check their e-mail, type up and print off papers, and work on various projects. Especially during class hours, many students sit down for just a couple of minutes as they quickly finish up […]

Graduate college with a bright future ahead of you. Graduating college is one of the proudest and most exciting times of your life. You’re stepping out into the “real world,” to rosy prospects and a lifetime of happiness. …Or are you? Too often, students realize only after graduation that they never took the time to […]

Many students believe that taking classes online is a quick way to get easy credits, but this usually is not the case. Online courses are definitely not for everyone, and, depending on the class, you might end up putting more time into it than a traditional course. However, the benefits of online courses, including lower […]

Many prospective college students worry that achieving low scores on their SATs will limit their choices as they prepare their college application processes. But although SAT scores are used by many colleges as an indicator of students’ overall education, they are sometimes not the deciding factor that many students believe them to be. There are […]

When faced with the choice of what type of post-secondary institution to attend, many students are confused about the decision between colleges and universities.  Some students believe, incorrectly, that the terms are synonymous, and others believe that certain differences exist which are, in truth, not at all accurate. While none of these differences are true […]