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Maximize your university experience with these tips for all things collegiate–how to achieve a perfect GPA, select the right major, finance your college education and more.

The Collegiate Hot Topic: Taking a Gap Year
For those of you that pursued higher education, you can relate to the enormous monthly tuition statements, underpaid part-time jobs, money tossed at expensive textbooks you’ll never use, and sleepless nights.
By Paulina Pachel7 years ago in Education
10 Things to Pack for Your First Week at College Residence
10. All Kinds of Clothes A dress/nice button-up shirt. Your school will have all kinds of events for your first week, including formal wear ones. Some Old Clothes That You Don't Mind if They Get Ruined. If you are starting school in September than expect some messy frosh week events. Not just student planned parties, but some of the school's planned events too. Workout clothes. Most schools give you free access to their gym, so you might as well take advantage of it. Plus, you want to be careful when it comes to avoiding the freshmen 15. A rainjacket. Just in case.
By Test7 years ago in Education
What I Learned at My First Semester of College
1. All the bad things are easy to get. It is true, and everyone knows it. Getting anything is easy: Alcohol, weed etc. I quickly made friends with people over 21 who always had some type of alcohol, so it is obvious what we did when we hung out. This point is not limited to only drugs. You have a boyfriend with his own room? Everyone knows what you guys are doing and no one bats an eye.
By shannon thompson7 years ago in Education
10 Things No One Tells You About Going to Princeton
If there's one school that has become world famous for its high prestige and upper class attendees, it's Princeton University. Every single parent dreams of seeing their kids going to Princeton, especially if they come from an academic background.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart7 years ago in Education
Why Graduation Is the Most Anticlimactic Event of Your Life
Everyone always says that graduation will be the greatest day of your life. You'll be an adult, you're done with schooling, and you'll be able to do whatever you want with your life. It should be a great day, but what happens afterward? Does it really change your life all that much?
By Kristen Barenthaler7 years ago in Education
A Student's Simple Guide to Health
First thing's first, are you drinking enough water? Since our body is made of 70 percent of water, it's super important to stay hydrated. Water helps the brain to manufacture neurotransmitters (those little pathways in your brain that help you learn things) and it flushes the body of all the junk food that we eat when studying. Rule of thumb is the average person should drink half as many ounces of water of what they weigh in pounds. So if you weigh around 150 pounds, you should be drinking around 75 ounces of water a day.
By Kinlie Worthen7 years ago in Education
How to Make the Most of Your College Meal Plan
“It's not your Mom’s home cooking, but…” If you have ever asked about meals on your college campus, there is a pretty good chance you received an answer starting with the words above.
By Addison Lewis7 years ago in Education
Life After College
I knew at 13 that I wanted to be a writer, an author, or whatever you call it. I knew that I wanted to write. However, going to school for writing was a little close to pointless. "Going to school for writing" was something that I'd done for the past however many years I went to school, right? That was what I was getting up early for?
By Shonele P7 years ago in Education
College Summer Courses. Top Story - December 2018.
Need to catch up on your course plan? Attempting to graduate early? Just interested in fitting some fun courses into your schedule? Taking summer courses might be for you. However, there are a few things to consider before registering for a summer semester...
By Lorraine Woiak7 years ago in Education
College Party
I don’t even know if I should go. I mean it’s not really my scene, I will probably feel out of place there. I’ve never even been to a high school party and now I’m going to go to a frat party. This might end badly. S and B can get super wasted, random guys will come up to us and want to talk to them, and what if the music is terrible? If a party has terrible music it is definitely going to be bad I know that much. But... I might have a really good time. I’ll dance with my friends singing a song we all know. I might meet cool people that I can become friends with. The idea of a party sounds so fun in my head, but I know it’s not going to be as glamorous in real life. That’s just how life is in general. People tend to romanticize scenarios that end up leading to disappointment, but this will be a new experience. I am always so afraid of things and I just need to get out of my head and live in the moment. I know that sounds cliche but it’s a cliche for a reason right? Okay here’s what I have to do.
By Ria K.7 years ago in Education
The Unrelenting Student Loan Soliloquy
In higher education, loan debt is something students battle with every semester, then for decades afterward. While going to college, each year is a juggling act of trying to balance jobs and classes while somersaulting through hoops to try and get more scholarship aid.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA7 years ago in Education
What's the Difference Between a College and a University?
The difference between a college and a university is pretty simple: One is a single school with a single purpose (kind of), and the other is a collection of linked schools. That said, the real differences in usage and understanding are actually a bit more complex. In other countries, "college" usually means "high school," and "university" is what follows. In the United States, however, "college" more generally refers to what follows high school, and "university" refers to schools that incorporate a college or colleges with graduate studies. We'll get to all these little differences in more detail though.
By Nicola P. Young7 years ago in Education