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Starting your college career can be daunting thanks to advanced classes and greater time requirements when it comes to studying. While you will no doubt try your best to complete every assignment in a timely fashion, you shouldn't feel that you're completely alone during this process. According to many experts, taking advantage of professors' office hours could make a major difference when it comes to being successful.…

Applying to college can be one of the most stressful periods in a person's life. Whereas most students have been told which classes to take throughout high school and earlier, now they are on their own when considering which majors are offered and what area sparks their interest as they apply to colleges.
There are certain fields that have become more popular over the years.…

As students in high school start to think about college, many will be concerned about the growing cost. For those with limited resources, there are a whole host of opportunities to obtain grants based on high grades and scores on tests. However, it can be daunting to figure out exactly how best to obtain one of these important support packages.
In an effort to help those in need, International College Counselors CEO Mandee Heller Adler recently shared a number of different tips for high school students looking for scholarships.…

When a student leaves home for college, it can be quite an emotional experience. For many, it will be the first time that they have been away from their parents for an extended period of time. It's not always easy to know exactly what to expect and what mistakes to avoid as they begin their journey through higher education. The following are tips for college students who want to have the best experience possible.…

While there won't be a dunk tank, ferris wheel or fried dough stand, a college fair is still fun. A conglomeration of colleges and universities will send their representatives to try and convince you that you're the right fit for their school - it's all pretty flattering! But college fairs are also important opportunities. While designed to give you a cursory understanding of a variety of schools, your college fair can be the key to major decisions and life-altering choices.…

Colleges come in all shapes and sizes. From the sprawling campuses of New York City's lower Manhattan to the acres of tiny colleges scattered through rural New England and small town Midwest. Despite the number of buildings or proliferation of dorms, these colleges can range from anywhere between 500 undergraduates to 50,000. But don't feel polarized between minute Bennington and giant Arizona State - the range of college populations is much greater than that.…

The old saying about the early bird who catches the worm might be one you tend to ignore, but you shouldn't when it comes to scholarship applications. The college application process is a stressful time, and once you start wrapping that up, there's probably nothing you want more than a vacation from essays and short answer questions.
Take a weekend off to decompress, but not much more than that.…

For most high school students, college applications will be the first time they have to request a letter of recommendation. While adults have done so a lot - for education, internships, jobs, grants - it's easy to forget how intimidating it can be for a first-timer.
Intimidation is only the half of it too. As a high school student, how do you decide who to approach when asking for a letter, and what happens if you don't like the one you're given - assuming you're even given the chance to read it.…

When you put together your list of schools for college applications, it's usually divided into three categories - top, reach and safety. The top schools are those that you're really gunning for, ones within your range (GPA, SAT, financial) and offering a lot of the opportunities you're interested in. Reach schools are the ones that feel a bit like playing the lottery.…

Many a prospective student of higher education has suffered through a mind-numbingly boring weekend of community service for the sake of college admissions. Extracurricular activities shouldn't be tests of endurance, however, they should be passions that you pursue beyond the bounds of school - proof of your interests, ambitions and even intellect!
Tips for getting into college will vary from easy to difficult, and this can be one of the more challenging.…