True Life: My Teacher Hates Me

True Life: My Teacher Hates Me         It’s a sucky feeling when someone dislikes you. It can make you feel frustrated, uncomfortable in your own skin, and reluctant to be around them. But what happens when the person who dislikes you also teaches you? You can’t get out of seeing them daily, you can’t ignore […]

Battle of the Books: Convincing Your Child to Read

Battle of the Books: Convincing Your Teen to Read ……… Smart phones have made life a lot easier. We can summon a cab, text a friend, edit a picture, watch a video, and Wikipedia a celebrity’s life story in the span of ten minutes. While that’s fantastic in terms of convenience, it has its downsides. Notably, it wastes […]

Maintaining Mental Health in College

Maintaining Mental Health in College College students don’t get enough credit. Many people imagine the life of a college student to be filled with parties, late night pizza, sleeping in, and enjoying their final years before entering “the real world,” with just a little bit of homework and studying sprinkled in. Those assumptions overlook all of […]

Getting the Perfect Recommendation Letter

Recommendation letters are a big deal. Since you’re applying to be a student at their school, colleges want to know what your current teachers have to say about you. If you’re proud of your polished essay and you’ve worked hard to maintain an excellent GPA, you want to get a perfect recommendation letter to make your […]

The Benefits of Exercising in College

The Benefits of Exercising in College Throughout high school and college, you’re perpetually setting new academic goals. Whether it’s to get an A in your toughest course, to make the Honor Roll or Dean’s List, or to turn in that optional extra credit assignment, these objectives and ambitions keep you focused and motivated in the […]

Choosing the Best Professors: When Pickiness Pays Off

Choosing the Best Professors: When Pickiness Pays Off In high school, I’d hear horror stories about certain teachers. I’d cross my fingers that I didn’t get assigned to their classes, and there were either groans or cheers when the schedules were handed out. No matter how boring, strict, or uninspiring they were, I was stuck […]

Parent & Student Communication in College

Parent & Student Communication in College Just this Monday, The Huffington Post ran a piece called “The 5 Questions that Parents of College Students Should Ask.” It’s a great read for parents and students alike, whether said student is a senior preparing to leave the nest or a college student figuring out how to adjust. Before […]

5 Reasons to Get Involved with Politics in College

5 Reasons to Get Involved with Politics in College It’s that time again. You can’t get on social media, turn on the television, or even step outside without being bombarded with political talk right now. For many college students, this will be your very first time voting in a presidential election. Whether you’re with her […]

Giving Back & Getting More: Finding the Perfect Volunteer Work

Giving Back & Getting Much More: Finding the Perfect Volunteer Work As a high school student looking ahead to college, you’ve probably had the importance of volunteer work drilled into your head. If you’ve done a lot of it, you’re figuring out how to make that known on your application. If you haven’t done much of […]

How to Recover from a Bad Grade

How to Recover from a Bad Grade So, it happened. We’ve all walked out of tests saying, “That was so hard, I probably failed!” but you never actually have… until now. You got a big, fat F on your exam, and now you’re freaking out about how it’s going to affect your GPA. How on […]