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Dish Dirt on Your Dorm
Was your dorm room completely unlike the college catalog description? Did you live in luxury for your four-years at college? Dish the dirt on your college dorm experience at Dorm Advisor. At Dorm Advisor, students can register for the site, and...
Read more »Great Websites for Students & Parents
Current students, as well as prospective college students and parents can all benefit from being well-informed about the financial aid process and opportunities, as well as being aware of resources available for further information about higher education. There is a lot...
Read more »Free Pizza, Internships, & Scholarships From Google
Did you know Google supplies free pizza and other Google branded gear to hardworking college students in computer science degree programs? Students who wish to to become a Google Ambassador can sign up here on the Google site. Some of...
Read more »Top 100 Education Blogs
Last week, Online Education Database (OEDb) released a list of the top 100 education blogs as choosen by their staff. Blogs were choosen within the following categories: College, E-Learning, Education News, Education Policy, Internet Culture, Learning, Library & Research, Speciality,...
Read more »Applying to U.S. Graduate School Programs
Remember the fun of filling out college applications, writing cheesy essays, and gathering good recommendations? If you thought that was over with when you got into your undergraduate college, it may not be – if you’re planning on going to...
Read more »How to Handle Roommate Conflicts
Think you’ve got the roommate from hell? You might, or you might be in the same boat as the rest of us. Most of us have (or had) roommates that just down-right annoy the heck out of us. So how...
Read more »Places to Visit, Services to Use on Campus
Despite what you might believe, college doesn’t just provide you with adequately torturous classes to attend, and those cramped dorms to live in. There are other places on campus, as well as services that your school provides, that you should...
Read more »Working While in College
You need to find a job. There’s simply no way around it. You need to finance all or part of your education, or have enough money to feed and clothe yourself. You’ve already thought about the potential impacts on your...
Read more »Self-Study Classes Aren’t for Everyone
If you hate going to class, or constantly find yourself cutting out, you might think that online, tv, or correspondence courses are perfect for you. Afterall, you can do the coursework when it is convenient for you, not when the...
Read more »Beyond Microsoft Word: Online & Open Source Office Applications
Microsoft Word and other MS Office products are something that nearly every college student these days is familiar with. From the hours spent toiling over a research paper in Word, to the cool charts you can make up in Excel,...
Read more »Virtual Sex: More Common Amongst Students Than You Think
Campuskiss.com, an online dating community for college students based out of Toronto, recently conducted a survey of college students called the “Canadian Campus Kiss & Tell Survey” which reveals the virtual sex habits of college students. The survey showed that...
Read more »Online Research Resources for Students
Nowadays, students don’t neccessarily have to trudge down to the library to conduct research for all those lovely papers that their professors expect them to write. Instead, a good majority of their research can now be conducted online. So what kind...
Read more »College Humor Websites
In the spirit of the upcoming holidays and the end of those awful papers, early morning classes, and final exams, I present to you some of the funniest college related websites on the net! College Humor – With a name...
Read more »When your parents want you to do something else: How to deal with it
We’ve heard stories about it many times before: a student who is passionate about music (for example) is being pushed into getting an accounting degree by his or her parents. Or maybe they want him/her to be a doctor, when...
Read more »What to do when you run low on cash
Inevitabley, at some point in your college career you will find yourself flat broke. That is, of course, unless you’re amongst the privledged few who don’t have to worry about such things. But for the rest of us, money is...
Read more »Advanced Google Search Techniques for College Students
As a continuation of the Google Search series for college students, today we’re going to look at some methods of advanced searching. This means conducting searches using the Google Web Search function more in-depth, by utilizing special features and advanced...
Read more »Guess what students, your profs rate you too!
It used to just be that at the end of each semester, students would receive an evaluation form to rate their professors and the course in general. However, these days, not only do students continue to fill those out, but...
Read more »Winter Break: A Much Needed Escape
Classes should be ending for the semester (or quarter), and if you’re like many students who have gone away to college, you’ll likely be heading back home for the break. Before you head back home and settle in, there are...
Read more »Search with Google Like a Pro: Part 3
Now that you know how to search the internet with Google like a pro, let’s take a look at evaluating your search results, and the sources that you’ve found. Evaluating the Source So you’ve found the information that you’ve been...
Read more »Search with Google Like a Pro: Part 2
In the first article of this series, we learned the basics of searching with Google. Now, it is time to move on to some more advanced searching techniques, for when a basic search just won’t cut it. Topics to be...
Read more »Search with Google Like a Pro: Part 1
With much of the world’s information moving from print form into the online realm, knowing how to find the information you need, whilst sorting through the crap, is becoming an increasinly important skill. It’s a skill you’ll likely utilize as...
Read more »How to Choose the Right Laptop
The holidays are fast approaching, and if you’re a tech geek like me, you’re probably hoping to snag a cool new laptop this season. Maybe you’re expecting one as a gift, or you’re saving up to buy one after the...
Read more »Just a little heads up…
CollegeV2 will be moving to its new home at http://www.sevenseek.com/collegev2/ starting on Monday, December 11th. At that time, please update your bookmarks and feed subscriptions. Thanks!!
Read more »Use Your Student Status to Your Advantage
Most college students aren’t rolling in the dough, and pretty much everyone knows this. Even businesses. And what’s great about that is now they are starting to reward you for being a student by offering up discounts for college ID...
Read more »The Top 5 College Movies of All-Time
I present to you the list of the top 5 college movies of all-time, as decided by myself. I’ve also included a short review and explanation, as well as important film details. If you haven’t seen all of these yet,...
Read more »Excuses You’re Not Going to Get Any Sympathy For
In college, your instructors don’t bug you to do your homework, and your parents aren’t there to make sure you get your homework done before you watch tv? Here, you are all alone and on your own? Failure or success,...
Read more »Dorm Room Cuisine
The semester is winding down, with finals looming (or already taking place) at most colleges and universities, and soon students will presumably be heading back home for winter break and lots of nice, home-cooked meals. But for the time that...
Read more »Facebook is More Popular than Google, MySpace
Youth Trends, a marketing research firm recently came out with a list of the top ten favorite websites of people age 17 to 25? Topping the list, not surprisingly, was Facebook.com? 52% of females in that age group listed Facebook...
Read more »College Scholarships 101
If you are like most students, you don’t have an extra $20k lying around each year, and you’ll need some help in financing your college education. Your best chance of securing a scholarship (or two, or a few) is before...
Read more »Online Degrees: Accredited vs. Non-Accredited Degree Programs
Students searching for an online degree program should not only find out if the programs offered suit their needs, but also whether or not the school is accredited. Any of thetop online schools can claim to be accredited, and many...
Read more »How to Save Money on College Textbooks
Every year tuition at colleges throughout the country gets more expensive. College textbooks prices have also gone way up. A freshman attending school full time can expect to pay from $300 to $600 for books for just one semester. What...
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