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What Do I Want to Be in the Future?
Here are some tools to help you in your decision-making process.
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College Resources For Teens Exiting The Foster Care System
It is almost that time of the year when teens anxiously…
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From Homeless to College-Bound
If you’re homeless, going between houses of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Left Without Learning
Schools cannot function if there are not any teachers or students. It is just an empty building but schools should never be empty or lacking teachers.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Freshman Year – Complete!
So about a month and a half ago I finished my first year of college. Anyone who has finished their first year of college can tell you it’s a huge…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Play Time
College doesn’t necessarily have to be all work and no play. My school has put on so many different activities for people to participate in. Some…
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Traditions
An awesome college tradition is this past weekend that was homecoming weekend. It was such an amazing experience. I got to work at a tailgate and had…
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New Experiences
This weekend for my school is the famous Homecoming weekend. One of my friends though never heard of such thing. It is shocking how different places…
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Off To Another Home!
August is near and I’m getting really excited. On August 17th I leave for college. I’m going six hours away from home. It may seem scary for some but…
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CYA in College
With all that money being fed into them and all the prestige of being a university, one must remember that people are turning all the gears within a…
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Different Schedules
As a college student, variety in life gets pretty crazy. Universities start and end their terms differently. Some have semesters while others have…
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An Endless Spring Term
This is a warning to all future college goers and eager seniors. I know that the deadlines for college acceptance notifications are already here, but…
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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…
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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…
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Decision Time!
A few blogs back I wrote about me not being able to choose a college out of two choices. I went on to compare and contrast the two. Earlier this week…
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Tough Decision
I have a huge dilemma. I got accepted to all four colleges I applied to. My top choice (school #1) took forever to hear a response from but I still…
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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…
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Accepted!
I applied to four colleges. Today I got my first acceptance letter. It was so exciting. Those awesome words saying: “we are pleased to inform you…
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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…
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Waiting game
College is just around the corner. Since I’m a senior now, I have to go through the whole college process. It’s tough being a senior. I have…
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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…
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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…
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Can’t Take It All
By this time next week I’ll be officially living in a dorm room and it’ll be glorious. The problem is that I’m not prepared at all. I still have…
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I Call Shenanigans
The University of Illinois has been under investigation for allowing under-qualified yet well-connected students admission to the university. Now…
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Some Advice
For most juniors and seniors, this coming school year pretty much means one thing: college. Having already endured the tedious and grueling process I…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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College Application Confusion
Yesterday I got an e-mail from one the colleges I was looking at and interested in. The e-mail said I was able to apply for the 2010 school year. I…
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First Visit
I went on my very first college road trip without any parents. The college I went to visit was my dream school, Illinois State University. It’s not…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Decision Time
Right now, it is college decision time and it seems like the pressure is starting to get to some seniors. A friend of mine is having a tough decision…
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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…
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Senioritis!
(Senioritis is a term denoting a condition that primarily afflicts student populations. This disease is characterized by bouts of extreme…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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Who Wants To Be A College Student?
A couple of weeks ago I talked about my experiences in trying to find the right college for me and I sounded pretty confident in what I was doing.…
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Getting In
On Friday, I discussed the topic of life after high school and gave you some tips. To summarize what I said before, I encouraged you to figure out…
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Life After High School
In my last post, I talked a little bit about how I’m preparing for life after high school so I thought I’d talk more about what are some things to…