There are 38 total posts tagged with “College”

• What Do I Want to Be in the Future?

  Here are some tools to help you in your decision-making process.

• College Resources For Teens Exiting The Foster Care System

  It is almost that time of the year when teens anxiously…

• From Homeless to College-Bound

  If you’re homeless, going between houses of…

• Alternatives to College

  It’s May and there are soon-to-be high school graduates around the country finalizing their college plans and packing up their family cars to head…

• Affording College

  The cost of higher education has been rising. Most college students are in debt, and are not guaranteed to be employed. Some of us feel terrible about…

• Shared Bathrooms

  Since I’ve been living in a dorm, it’s been hard to feel depressed about the direction of humanity. When you walk into a bathroom to find soap…

• Early Classes

  In high school – at least in Chicago – there really aren’t such things as “early classes.” Classes tend to start at 8 a.m. for everyone. But…

• Accents

  At my school, there’s a brief period at the start of the semester where you can drop classes you signed up for without a penalty. Usually, this is…

• Test Cheating

  In the past few weeks, New York school officials discovered a high school cheating ring of sorts. Basically, juniors worried about their ACT’s or…

• Free…to do nothing?

  For me, the hardest thing about college hasn’t been the classes. It hasn’t been social issues, or homesickness, or having to wear sandals in the…

• Paying for College

  It is unfortunate that the price tag for a college education is getting more and more unreachable, especially for those who are not lucky enough to be…

• Choosing a Career and Going to College

  Choosing a career can be a challenging phase in a any young person’s life. When we are teenagers, many of our parents stress the importance of college…

• Things We Miss Out

  Too many people think of a college education as a mean to a degree, or a job. Too many people think of school as report cards and making As. Too many…

• College or Not?

  Colleges are becoming increasingly expensive. The recent raise of debt ceiling, the budget cut and the economic crisis only make matters worse because…

• College is Really About The Decorative Options

  This August, I and millions of other 18-year-olds are heading off to college. While this entails some important, vexing decisions, chief among them is…

• A Summer Education

  For the past two summers in college, I pretty much stayed home and did nothing with a couple occasions of going out to hang out with friends. However,…

• Let Me Learn!

  For most colleges in America, students are required to take a set of “General Education” classes which are supposed to make you a more…

• The Start of Something New

  Wow I said to myself as I entered through the front entrance of Harold Washington College. I am finally an official college student. I have been…

• Decision Time

  When your most difficult decisions in life concern the toppings to put on a Subway sandwich, suddenly having to pick a college to go to is pretty…

• College-d Out

  I’m writing this from the fourth hotel I’ve stayed at – in four days. It’s that season – the vibes of college visits are in the air. Way too…

• I Am Getting Old

  I have been out of high school for just a few months. But within that short space of time a huge divide exists between the me of high school and the…

• Learning Day

  My school lets college representatives come from any college to talk to students. Students who are interested in that college sign up to go and get to…

• Sexual Assault Myths and Misconceptions

  I recently attended a workshop (mandatory at my university) on sexual assault. The workshop was intended to inform us on ways to support a survivor of…

• Back to school…almost

  School is either about to begin for many of us (here in the US & Canada) or it’s already begun. It’s always difficult adjusting to that 8 to…

• Back to school soon…

  This summer has felt so long and yet, I’m going off to college in about two weeks. This time it’s a little different from past summers wherein I rush…

• Summer’s Almost Over

  It’s officially August and along with it comes the inevitable countdown to the first day of school. Back-to-school seems to be written anywhere…

• New places. New faces.

  As August approaches, many of my friends who are going off to out-of-state colleges are preparing to leave for their respective places or for a final…

• A Maze of Options

  The topic of the day also occurred at orientation, so take it as a partial continuation from my previous post. The topic is about a new responsibility…

• The Woes of Overnight Orientations

  Recently I attended the overnight orientation for the college that I shall be attending in the upcoming fall semester. Many other freshmen had to…

• New = different?

  A new school year always brings the same question to mind: how will I be different? Besides the usual feelings of nervousness, there is also a desire…

• New Beginnings

  Now that graduation is edging closer and closer to me, perhaps already over for many others, we are about to face many new beginnings in life.…

• Keeping in touch with old friends and making new ones

  Of my high school’s graduating class of 2009, I’m one of the only people going to my college of choice (probably the only one attending that college…

• Farewells

  So with the end of senior year for me coming up soon, there will be many farewells that must be made. Some may be relatively permanent with those…

• Senioritis!

  (Senioritis is a term denoting a condition that primarily afflicts student populations. This disease is characterized by bouts of extreme…

• Money On The Mind

  I certainly don’t like to think about money, but my parents never cease to remind me about finances. With headlines blaring about an imminent…

• “Enjoy your application”

  This is a phrase from a postcard from a college I’m applying to. As if I’d enjoy spending hours of my time trying to write a clever, witty response to…

• My Experience with an Unofficial Campus Tour

  “Official” campus tours can give you insight about the academics of a college, but the “unofficial” ones will help you truly decide whether you like…

• Bad For The Environment AND Annoying

  Because I signed up for more information about various colleges, I’ve gotten a lot of  mail from colleges. It was really flattering at first, only…