As soon as I entered college I quickly realized that there were many things I needed to know that mom and dad forgot to teach me.
I know there are thousands of other college students out there that were (and are) in that same situation I was. While I’m certainly not your mother, I trust that the following information will be of great use to you.
Everything students ought to know before enrolling in college simply can’t be covered in a short article such as this one.
However, I will quickly cover a few important things including money management, obtaining financial aid, cooking, and time management…Read on to learn about the tips
The Declining Value Of Your College Degree
A four-year college degree, seen for generations as a ticket to a better life, is no longer enough to guarantee a steadily rising paycheck.
Just ask Bea Dewing. After she earned a bachelor’s degree — her second — in computer science from Maryland’s Frostburg State University in 1986, she enjoyed almost unbroken advances in wages, eventually earning $89,000 a year as a data modeler for Sprint Corp. in Lawrence, Kan.
Then, in 2002, Sprint laid her off…more-does-a-college-degree-pay-off
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Guest Blogger: Jill Howell, Education Consultant
Question: My junior son is a smart kid. Good grades came easily to him in junior high, but since he has been in high school his grades have suffered significantly because he does not do a majority of his homework assignments.
His GPA is currently in the 3’s and he is repeating two courses this year to try to improve his GPA because he received D’s in them last year. He scores very high on most tests.
Answer: question is both a valid and common one that I address in my private practice on a regular basis. In many cases, when a bright student like your son is not living up to his potential, it is often because that student has yet to become personally invested, for whatever reason, in the role that he plays in his own future — the college application and scholarship processes included — and, as an 11th grader, this spring semester is a critical time for him in maximizing his opportunities after high school…Read the Entire Article
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