Archive | July, 2012

Eco-friendly back to school supplies for your return to college

July 13, 2012

It's not easy being green, but it's getting simpler. As college campuses make the move toward clean-burning fuels and alternative energy sources, students are joining in the movement. As the future of society and a bastion of the planet, the current generation of college students are taking global warming seriously. While not everyone can contribute thousands of dollars to clean energy or invest in an electric car, there are small steps college students can take, and one of those is outfitting themselves with green supplies for school.…

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Seeking out celebrity scholarships

July 12, 2012

While scholarship hunting usually requires a good deal of consideration and internet research, it can occasionally be as easy as kicking back with a basketball game or checking out the posters on your wall. If you have a favorite actor, comedian, football player, film director, musician or even writer, there's a good chance that celebrity might have his or her own scholarship.…

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Tips for handling the messy stuff in college relationships

July 11, 2012

There may be no greater understatement than that romantic relationships in college are tough. Suddenly you're an adult with your own time and agenda, yet your hormones are still running full speed and the bipolar highs and lows of high school drama haven't quite drained out of everyone's systems. So, stuck between maturity and your teens, how do you have a meaningful relationship?…

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Dealing with professors and expectations

July 10, 2012

Everyone has had one, currently has one or will assuredly have one in the future - the impossible-to-please college professor. Whether this individual has a vendetta out specifically for you or seems intent on making your entire class's education a miserable slog, fear not, because there are ways to deal.
Does your professor have an ego overpouring the chamber where his heart should be?…

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How to improve your writing skills in time for college application season

July 9, 2012

As the summer campus tours wind up, a new set of high school seniors will be looking toward the future and a spate of essays, short answer questions and applications to compose, respond to and fill out. While the applications will practically complete themselves, the prospect of having to write so much about yourself or a topic of your choice and not Jane Austen, Hamlet or The Battle of Antietam can send a lot of students into a panic.…

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Central Scholarship and Money Magazine educate on financial literacy and award scholarship

July 6, 2012

Most high school students have the basic mathematical capabilities to balance a checkbook, but few have actually done this in their life. Personal fiscal responsibility isn't taught in schools or graded on the SAT, but it can help students get into college nonetheless, especially if they're applying for certain scholarships.
A knowledge of financial literacy helped a number of attendees at Central Scholarships College Cash event last March.…

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Alternative care package ideas

July 5, 2012

While there's no doubt that every college freshman can always use a ziplock bag filled with baked goods and a few new pairs of socks, don't be afraid to employ a little more imagination with your care packages. Most students will have enough pens, pencils and notebooks to last them a lifetime. And while a local newspaper from home is a kind gesture, it's just as easy to email them a link to the paper's website.…

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Easy money-saving tips for college freshmen

July 5, 2012

The sudden freedom of freshman year can often inspire a spending spree in freshman students. But it's important and essential to learn that becoming an adult doesn't mean you've got an adult's bank account. Students are stereotyped as impoverished for a reason - you're working for grades not paychecks, and what little money you have usually needs to go to the essentials.…

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Five essential rules of the college application essay

July 2, 2012

When applying to colleges your AP class credits, SAT scores, GPA and extracurriculars all make a difference. But the fact of the matter is that numbers blend together, and don't differentiate you from the pack of applicants quite the same way words do. Your chance to really speak to the admissions officers at colleges is through your application essay.
College application essays are an art.…

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