Community College Tips

You’ve put in the time. You’ve submitted your high school grades, filled out the applications, worked hard on the placement tests, and now you’re accepted into community college. You’re officially a community college freshman. You’ve worked hard to prepare your mind, your body, and your parents for the challenges to come. Finally, you get to community college and you start work on your freshman year. You realize that community college […]

There are few things more quintessential to the college experience than living in dorms. Students living away from home for the first time often cannot afford the cost of an apartment (even with roommates) and parents are understandably worried about the safety of kids that are living on their own for the first time, in a strange place, no less. Campus housing takes care of both issues by providing for […]

There is some important community college information that you should confirm before going to a community college. Taking the time to double check these attributes can save you plenty of time and money down the road. In fact, they could be the difference between an acceptance or rejection from an Ivy League university. So, they are very important attributes of any 2 year community college. While the best community colleges […]

Many students are lucky enough to benefit from the fact that their parents have jobs that allow them to provide health insurance coverage for the whole family. Often, these policies extend to the age of 25 so that kids who are unable to work full-time jobs (and thereby obtain benefits) due to the demands of schooling don’t have to go uninsured during their time at community college (and beyond). Of […]

With our busy lives sometimes it’s hard to stop and do things properly, but when we don’t do things properly we end up ruining things. This is a true statement when it comes to washing high quality clothing which usually ends up thrown in the wash machine, even if it doesn’t belong there. Too many times in college did I grab a newly dried sweater that was magically too small […]

College is a time when most students learn more about themselves. They discover new interests, make new friends and learn what makes them tick. This can be one of the best parts of college, but for some people, it takes a little effort. Not everyone is a natural party animal, and not everyone loves to try new things. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that. Everyone has a different […]

Going back to school in the fall is something we are all universally familiar with. Growing up we know what it means to us as kids – getting new clothes, new books and folders, and the end of summer – and getting older we know what it means to us as adults – figuring out how to buy all of these things for our kids and the end of a […]