Entries from January 2008

LIFE-LONG STUDENTS MAKE MORE MONEY

January 31, 2008

You may not miss eating Ramen noodles everyday, but you are doing yourself a huge disservice whether you have completely forgotten every aspect of the student lifestyle. Students learned and studied everyday - something that is fundamental for you to do whether you want to be on top of your industry. This commentary highlights some […]

HOW TO GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE WITH AN ONLINE COLLEGE DEGREE

January 30, 2008

There are many citizens today from all walks of life who are getting an online college degree from home. Dollar for dollar, an online college degree or post graduate work pays off.
The quickest way to give yourself a raise is to receive your certification in an area in which you are all ready working. Examples […]

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAYS THAT TAKE 1ST PLACE -A PERSONAL STATEMENT CHECKLIST

January 29, 2008

Congratulations on your move toward a college degree. And congratulations on seeking support for writing your admissions essay/personal statement. The squeaky motor gets the oil, so you will be slick and running sleekly in a just a few daysin plenty of moment to submit and relax before transferring from a community college or crossing by […]

WRITING EFFECTIVE (AND REQUISITE) ESSAY OPENERS

January 27, 2008

When we write for college courses, we write for an audience other than ourselves. And it’s an audience of more than one the professor who assigned the piece. A good way to think of (and never forget) audience is to imagine we are writing the assignment for a popular magazine that sits in multiple copies […]

BREAK IT UP, BREAK IT DOWN: PARAGRAPHING STRATEGIES FOR COLLEGE ESSAYS

January 27, 2008

Some of us fill a page with a wall of words, with no paragraph indentations, no transitions, and no clearly defined topic sentences. Some of us have the appropriate indentations, but within each paragraph our sentences are out of order. Francis Christensen [1] devised a brilliant trick for paragraphing, one you can use at (and […]

ACING THE SAT EXAM

January 26, 2008

Don’t cheat. This goes without saying for 999 out of 1000 students (hopefully even more!) but cheating is not the way to score high on the SAT exam. Not only do you sacrifice your integrity and trustworthiness, you do yourself the huge disfavor of taking something you did not earn, and I guarantee that it […]

FEDERAL PLUS LOANS

January 24, 2008

As a student entering college, it is very unlikely that you have a few spare checks lying around that you can cash and magically use to pay for college. Most college-aged students, ranging from late teens through mid-twenties, have no line of credit and cannot receive much money in loans whether they need to do […]

CONSOLIDATE STUDENT LOANS AND SHOP ONLINE

January 23, 2008

If you run a home business, you know that budgets can be pretty tight. Saving money wherever possible can be the difference amidst the business that succeeds and the one that fails. This commentary represents a broad survey of things you can do, from consolidating your student loans to getting small business deals on supplies, […]

SECRETS OF SUCCESSFULLY SITTING EXAMS

January 23, 2008

Many citizens work hard studying various subjects to sit for examinations in them. Fine. Hard work is usually a fundamental condition for passing exams. Unfortunately it does not follow that it is a adequate condition! Exam technique can be nearly equally as important. It can assemble all the difference amidst success and failure or amidst […]

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR STUDY HABITS AND REMEMBER BETTER

January 21, 2008

If you’re a student attending classes, you have probably experienced many moments when it was hard to assemble yourself settle down and study, even when an critical exam was coming up.
If you’re like most students, you put off studying until the very last minute. The night before the exam, you’ll stay up all night cramming, […]