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Achieve Your Goals The SMART Way

How often do you sit down and write out your goals? Do you ever set a general goal for yourself that never gets completed? One of the hardest things for me to do when I was a freshman was setting specific goals. I was really good at planning for the short term, but when it [...]

How to Write the Perfect Resume

At some time in your life, you will need a resume. The question is – what does a good resume look like? There are many different ways to write a resume, however there are some key points that absolutely need to be included. Below I have included a guide on how to create the perfect [...]

The Secret to Becoming an Early Riser

For the first time since my freshmen year of college, I have an 8:00am class. I managed to weasel my way out of every early morning class my entire college career until now. I’m in my last semester of college and I have a class at the bright and early time of 8:00am. It’s not [...]

Don’t Buy Textbooks

If you’re planning on buying your books from your University Book Store, Don’t Do It! Students have been buying their book from the University Book Store for as long as college has existed. The University Book Store charges way too much for textbooks and rarely takes the books back at the end of the year. [...]

Best Semester Ever

If you’re like me, you start every semester with the same promise to yourself – “This will be my best semester ever.” In some ways, I stick to that promise. My grades will get better, or I’ll feel like I’ve learned more. There’s no perfect method to survive college. College is a game – a [...]