Standardized Tests Are Gone?
Is it just me or do the words “standardized test” sound like an oxymoron? I mean, there is nothing standard about that test. Well, perhaps the questions on the exam are universal but certainly not the path each student followed to get there. Each s...
Massachusetts: Enrollment At State Colleges On The Rise
“Education officials say students looking for lower tuition costs helped drive up enrollment at the state’s universities and colleges by 4 percent this fall,” The Boston Herald reports. “The state Department of Higher Education sai...
Early Bird Orientations
Countless stresses are involved when embarking on the great college hunt. Not the least of which are parents worrying about how to finance their children’s education and students worrying about SAT scores and if they’ll get into their first school of...
36 Most Common Mistakes Students make on College Application.
The college application is the primary resource for admissions departments to determine a students worthiness for acceptance. This application is the only opportunity students have in presenting themselves in the best light possible, in hopes of gaining a...
Free online SAT Prep Programs?
Boston City Council member Michael Flaherty is looking to pass new legislature which would provide Massachusetts students with free online access to preparatory programs. Students would be able to log into the Boston Public Library’s website to access ...
ScholarshipPoints Savings Challenge Helps Students Make Saving Pay
When the economy declines, saving money is more challenging and also far more important. For students struggling to pay for college and everyday expenses, this predicament is especially relevant. To help students learn to save, www.ScholarshipPoints.com h...
What Are The Common Mistakes That Many Students Make?
College Application Advice:1. Not following directionsPay attention to essay topics, word limits and deadlines.2. RedundancyDo not repeat information found within your resume in your personal statement. The Personal Statement is a chance to tell a story...
Who Will Be The Next Secretary Of Education?
President-Elect Obama will name several members of his Cabinet by the end of the month, according to news reports. It’s open to speculation whether the Secretary of Education will be among them, and open to even wider speculation is the name Obama w...
On-line Degree Accreditations
It seems like everything and everyone has shifted online these days. Even my Mom has become internet savvy. She used to go to bingo with the girls on Wednesday nights and enjoy a monthly Foxwoods run, but those days are long gone. Now she just grabs he...
The Library - Why go? What’s really in there?
I am embarrassed to admit it, but I, a student who writes about college, failed to take my freshman seminar course my freshman year. I am now in my second year at a university and I am finally taking the freshman seminar course (unfortunately it is a r...
Studying Foreign Languages – Debunking the Flash Card Myth
For years I have been told by teachers and students that the best method to study vocabulary for a foreign language class is to make flash cards and go over them every day.While there may be some benefits to making and using flash cards, there i...
Social Networking Sites for Scholars and Researchers
Are your professors on Facebook? Very few of mine have a Facebook account. If they do, they seldom use it. But there are benefits to social networking sites. They are not all about wasting time, pictures of parties, and relationship statuses. Social ne...
Discover Your Strengths
Discovering your strengths and knowing how to take advantage of them. Take the StrengthsFinder2.0 test....
Oh No! I’m Behind - 5 Steps to Getting Back on Track
Even the most experienced lifehacker will have times when he or she is behind schedule. Things happen. Events in our lives come up and we need to adjust our schedules, putting us behind....
Retiring From Lifehacking - RSS Reader Clean Out
Today, I decided to retire from LifeHacking. Actually, I could never retire from LifeHacking, because it has been engraved into my thinking process. But I am going to stop reading LifeHacking blogs....
No Need for the SAT - Admissions Change - Positive Impact on Education
Last weekend 5,500 college admissions officials and high school guidance counselors were at a conference hosted by the National Association for College Admissions. The biggest presentation at the conferences was that given by Mr. Fitzsimmons, the admis...
Poverty - The Solution is Education [Blog Action Day]
The topic for this years Blog Action Day is poverty. I am very excited to participate in this discussion! I am currently taking a Social Justice course; therefore, I have been thinking a lot on the issue of poverty....
