Timeline for Applying to Graduate School

Senior Year of college – time to kick back, let loose and coast to graduation. Unless you plan to go to graduate school after college. In that case, you have quite a bit of work to do.Most of the grunt work in applying...

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7 Colleges with Seriously Good Eats

Most students don’t go to college for the campus food, but when your school is serving bad food day in and day out, it can start to have an effect on the entire experience. Think about it: for most students, the meal plan...

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5 Interview Questions for the Interviewer

Whether you’ve never interviewed for a real job or you’ve done it a dozen times, there is a point – usually at the end – when the interviewer asks if you have any questions for them. Typically, your response may be “no”...

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How I Kicked My Procrastination Habit

I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a student, in high school or college, who doesn’t know how to procrastinate. We’re procrastination masters, myself included. After all, I just spent the past few hours staring blankly...

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6 Scholarships to be Thankful For

Be sure to have an account with Zinch with a complete (or nearly complete) profile in order to look at and apply for the scholarships below. Signing up for Zinch and filling out your profile will also find you a whole host...

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I Made the Most of Thanksgiving Break, and Here’s How

Nothing sours the idea of a break for me like school work. The sheer exhaustion of three months of non-stop homework, quizzes, and tests, and just when the hope of Thanksgiving break peaked around the corner — SLAM! A calculus...

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More Essays!? How I Wrote (Then Chose Not to Write) Supplemental Essays

We all know the saying “you have too much on your plate.” Of course, it’s easy to just tell people to drop a few lower-priority commitments and move on so you can dedicate more time to the rest.With in-state applications...

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Overcoming Test Prep Stress and Anxiety

Let’s get one thing out of the way: stress is a fact of life. Everyone, no matter how laid back they appear, experiences stress. It can manifest itself in physical, mental or emotional symptoms; and sometimes all three....

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Staying on Top of Your Scholarship Search

Let’s be honest: money is one of the biggest factors in determining what college you will spend the next few years of your life and scholarships are an easy way to chip away at the cost of your college education.One of...

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4 Test-Taking Tips to Get You Through Finals Week

Besides paying attention in class during the semester and studying before exam day, there are other ways to improve your chances of getting a good grade on each of your finals. Plus, they don’t really require any extra...

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2015 Scholarships

$10,000 Teach Seniors Technology Scholarship Deadline: January 20, 2015Award: $10,000Available to: Maximum Age 26Get this: 40% of seniors don't use the Internet. At all. This can leave them disconnected from loved ones...

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Use Thanksgiving Break to Indulge in Culinary Skills Scholarships

Organizations from McDonald's to world-class pastry schools offer students food-themed awards.Source Feed Post from U.S. News - The Scholarship Coach http://ift.tt/1uCxPGivia IF...

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How to Hire a Tutor in 3 Steps

You’re either a Math person, or you’re not. And chances are, if you’re a Math person, you’re not the best at identifying intransitive verbs, symbolism or indirect objects. Everyone has their academics strengths and weaknesses,...

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10 Things You Should Do Over Holiday Break

While you’re on break over the holidays, it’s easy to get into a lazy mode where you sit around doing nothing with your days, letting them mesh into one long continual nap fest.While there is some value in getting shuteye,...

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Homemade for the Holidays

When it comes to gifts, they say it’s the thought that counts. When it comes to thoughtfulness and affordability, not much beats a great homemade item.We've searched more craft sites than we care to admit, becoming expert...

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Creating a College Essay Outline

Many students balk at the idea of creating an essay outline since, at first glance, it may seem like additional work. So, for starters, let’s examine the question: Why create an outline?Surely, there are alternative options, such as using a pre-set template or just diving in.However, an outline may...

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Top 10 Ways to Make the Most of Your Holiday Break

While you’re on break over the holidays, it’s easy to get into a lazy mode where you sit around doing nothing with your days, letting them mesh into one long continual nap fest.While there is some value in getting shuteye,...

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Communicating with Your Roommate

Living with a roommate is a uniquely collegiate experience which comes with its own set of challenges.You may have shared a room with your sister back home, but your relationship with your college roommate is not likely to be as immediately comfortable as your relationship with your sister.Unfortunately,...

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GrubHub Ranks 2014 College Campuses' Eats

So much of American culture is based around eating. We get together to socialize over meals, we eat when we’re bored and, obviously, we eat when we’re hungry. A person’s eating habits can speak volumes about their lifestyle and, sometimes, even their ideals.GrubHub Inc., the nation’s leading online...

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What College Students Ate in 2014

In college, it seems that eating habits usually fall into one of two categories: a priority or a chore. Some students love to eat while others simply eat to live between study sessions.Either way, most students don’t like to waste time thinking about their next meal when they’re hungry and, as a result,...

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