How to Survive with A’s
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Attend Class
Go to class, every class, every time. It is very common and very easy not to attend class. “I can always get the notes from a friend”. In some schools you can even purchase the class notes. Or maybe, “the notes are on reserve in the library”. It does not matter. This is a justification for a bad habit. I know, you were up late partying last night. You were up late studying last night....
Life-Long Students Make More Money
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You may not miss eating Ramen noodles everyday, but you are doing yourself a huge disservice if you have completely forgotten every aspect of the student lifestyle. Students learned and studied everyday – something that is essential for you to do if you want to be on top of your industry. This article highlights some of the benefits of continuing your education and a few of the venues available to you to continue...
How to Give Yourself a Raise with an Online College Degree
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There are many people 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 where board certification is pertinent include technical and vocational fields to name a few.
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Break it up, Break it Down: Paragraphing Strategies for College Essays
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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 not before) the revising stage:
First, let’s imagine we are creating a couple of “outlines”...
Writing Effective (and Requisite) Essay Openers
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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 on the shelves of an equally popular bookstore. For each magazine sold, pretend, we get a percentage.
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College Admissions Essays that Take 1st Place -A Personal Statement Checklist
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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 days…in plenty of time to submit and relax before transferring from a community college or crossing over from high school to higher learning.
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Acing the SAT Exam
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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 will catch up with you sooner or later.
Prepare ahead of time. If you fully grasp the importance of the SAT exam...
Consolidate Student Loans and Shop Online
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f you run a home business, you know that budgets can be pretty tight. Saving money wherever possible can be the difference between the business that succeeds and the one that fails. This article represents a broad survey of things you can do, from consolidating your student loans to getting small business deals on supplies, that will help you spend less each month.
Next Time You’re Online, Buy Something
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Secrets Of Successfully Sitting Exams
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Many people work hard studying various subjects to sit for examinations in them. Fine. Hard work is usually a necessary condition for passing exams. Unfortunately it does not follow that it is a sufficient condition! Exam technique can be almost equally as important. It can make all the difference between success and failure or between poor grades and good grades.
As students, we often complain about the examination system....
How To Improve Your Study Habits and Remember Better
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If you’re a student attending classes, you have probably experienced many moments when it was hard to make yourself settle down and study, even when an important 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, getting little or no sleep. In the morning, you’ll drag yourself out of bed, psych yourself...
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