Monthly Archives: January 2010

You can't (and shouldn't) get through college without taking at least one course in English composition. In fact, most colleges require that students take two courses in this subject. This is because universities have long recognized the importance of equipping students to write effectively. Whether you love to write or hate to write, the skills you learn in English composition can be applied in almost any line of work you pursue after college — from journalism to finance to engineering to business. English composition, sometimes called college writing, teaches students to be stronger writers, to analyze various texts in written form, to defend an opinion in writing and to form clear and grammatically correct sentences. Since English comp is generally …

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Next time you're looking for a way to study for that psychology exam, try visiting your textbook's online companion Web site. These sites are interactive and provide learning resources that help you get the most you can from a course. They can contain valuable study tools that help you to expand on and test your knowledge. Don't know how to find it? Often the Web address is printed somewhere within the first few pages of the book or on the publisher's Web site. Just make sure you find it, bookmark it, and then visit it before your next exam because textbook companion sites can help you study the chapter's vocabulary, concepts, and questions. These sites can contain glossary and flashcard …

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Every morning you plunk down in your seat for class and wait for your professor to saunter up to the podium and begin the day's lecture. You have your notebook ready to go and your fingers are poised for action, whether in tightly gripping a pen over the blank pages of a spiral or held on home row over the keys of your sleek Toshiba laptop. But even after such dedication, when it comes time to study, your notes are incomprehensible, overflowing, or utterly useless for one reason or another. It is high time you learned how to take notes that you will actually find useful. Taking good notes is like an art. It is not as easy as simply …

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Forget your resume – a well-written cover letter is typically the first thing that hiring managers look at when they're sorting through piles of applications. Once they set their eyes on yours, what will they see? Spelling errors? Grammatical mistakes? Or worse yet – the wrong name in the addressee part of the letter? If you want a hair of a chance in landing the job of your dreams, you will need to learn the art of crafting a winning cover letter. Job hunting is a laborious process. Setting out day after day in your best pressed suit to drop off job applications and resumes is exhausting. After not getting a single call back, it can get downright disheartening. You …

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Between work at school, work you take home, and juggling family responsibilities, it may seem impossible to stay current on what is happening in the education field.

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It's not always easy getting along with your college roommate. After all, college is often the first time you must room with a complete stranger for a significant length of time. And that complete stranger may have a completely different personality type, sleep pattern, cultural background, musical taste and set of habits than you do. Getting along with your roommate isn't an exact science, but there are a few bits of advice that can go a long way toward making your relationship with your roommate go smoothly. It all boils down to communication and respect. First of all, it's important to respect your roommate's religion or political preference. It doesn't matter if your roommate is the lone conservative at a …

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The idea of a study group is nothing new. No doubt you were a member of several of such groups during your years in high school, whether the grouping was voluntary or a result of a zealous instructor's influence. Whatever the case, group studying, when conducted properly, can lead to better class performance and significantly better grades. Of course, there is a wrong way to participate in study groups. Some students who get together with their peers outside of class may have the best intentions to buckle down and study class materials, but end up merely socializing instead. While it is not bad to begin the meet with some socializing (after all, you have to break the ice somehow), it …

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Sometimes the studying and partying becomes too much. You need to break away from your normal routine as a college student and do something fun. Get back to the basics and reacquaint yourself with your old hobbies or adopt some new ones. It's a great way gain some "me time" while sharpening skills, finding new talents, getting in shape, or just relaxing. Many college students choose to spend their free time burning stress and excess pounds at the campus recreation center. These days, colleges are utilizing student fees to construct and maintain state-of-the-art facilities. For example, Georgia Tech's campus rec center has a fitness area with weights, cardio machines, and a track and satellite facility. A staff made up of …

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Here you’ll find a collection of resources that can help you cram for tests, understand the main ideas of a work of literature, do your math homework and a whole lot more so your procrastination won’t send your college career down the tubes.

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Student loans. Those are two words that elicit an unconscious shudder out of every student who is not fortunate enough to have their entire education handed to them on a silver platter – which, for the most part, is nearly every single student. As many schools threaten to raise their tuition prices yet again, it is not at all surprising that many scholars who must pay for their own education feel a strange revulsion to the topic of paying for student loans. After all, for the majority of college students, student loans are a necessary evil. But with financial aid and scholarships, paying for college can be much less of a burden. The reason why student loans send a chill …

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