The difference between a student that knows how to study and a student that doesn’t is big. Really big! I’m saying this as a student that has experienced both ends of that spectrum. Early in high school, I was near
How To Get A Letter Of Recommendation For College That Puts You On The Top Of The Stack
Letters of recommendation are a BIG deal. They can be the difference between your application getting tossed in the trash and the college admissions officer wishing that you’d date their daughter. Most letters of recommendation are trash. They are only
How To Choose A Career – A No Nonsense Guide To Picking A Profitable, Practical & Personally Fulfilling Career
Choosing a career sounds intimidating. I remember staring down at the “aptitude test” I took in high school and laughing as the list of potential career options included minister… That test clearly wasn’t going to do me very much good.
Is It Time To Worry About Your SAT Scores? Kay’s Advice
Your SAT scores matter an unreasonable amount. Some students spend dozens of hours a week fine-tuning their grades into their near perfect specimens just to be shot in the foot by their mediocre SAT scores. A college looks at the
How To Make College Admissions Tests Less Stressful
This week we’re sharing a guest post by Kyle from CollegeDrive where they can give you personal tutoring and college test prep expertise. This is one of my biggest recommendations for students – if you can get personal support then
How to Finish School with as Little Student Loan Debt as Possible
Hey guys! This week I’m posting a guest post by Travis from Student Loan Planner and the host of the Student Loan Planner podcast. Student loans are a complicated and expensive thing and the help of an expert can be
The Myth Of College Partying – The Millenials Fell For It Hook, Line, & Sinker
I’m going to start by warning you – The myth of college partying is a big tangled mess of conflict of interest. There are a lot of people hoping that you fall for it because that’s going to make them
Excuse Me While I Jump Off A Bridge With All My Friends
Well… if all your friends were jumping off a bridge, would you do that too?!??!? It was right after high school when I finally had the answer to that age old question. It was a hot summer up in the
Set Unbelievable Goals And Massively Exceed Them
There is an old legend in goal-setting lore. I’m going to let you in on a little secret about it. In 1979, researchers in the Harvard MBA program ran a little experiment. They just sent out a simple survey to
Top 10 Faster + Cheaper Alternatives
Hey guys! This is Kay and I just wanted to introduce a post we got from Ryan Craig (the Author of A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College.) Aaron personally read through an ebook copy of the book