Your first year in college may prove to be the hardest. Here are some things to keep in mind to help the transition go smoothly.

1. Creat a schedule – make a calendar for all your classes: days, times, and class room… Putting the time in before the semester sarts will save you the confusion of finding a class durring your first week. Plus organization and time management are great life skills to develop. If you don’t have them, start now. Suggestion: try Google Calendar
2. Always ask for help when you need it – Asking for help will save you a lot of time and may open your eyes to new ideas and better, quicker ways of doing things.
3. Find a mentor – if you’re having a hard time with classes or time management or whatever, find a mentor that can help guide you in the right direction. A mentor is also very useful when it comes to choosing new classes for the next semester.
4. Keep your priorities PRIORITIES – Socail activities are a big distraction in college. Who wouldn’t want to go to the movies over writting that essay? Getting sidetracked is one of the easiest things to do in college but keeping your priorities in order is one of the biggest contributors to your success.
5. STOP Procrastination – It is so easy to jump on that procrastination station and put things off to no end but more times than not, procrastination will back fire. Term-papers, studying for finals, and other huge projects can alsways be tackled easier when you chunk them into smaller tasks. Begin by braking big projects down into small more managable tasks that can be accomplished in an hour or two.
6. Don’t skip class – I know it’s tempting but this will really get you in deep without a shovel. Professors don’t appriciate you not being in class and always having to help you after hours. PLUS it’s a huge waist of money. Think about it – how much money are you spending on tuition?
7. HAVE FUN! – College is a life changing time and you should make the most of it.

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This is a big question for Freshmen. Do you want to live in the dorms or with roomates in an appartment/house or with your parents?

Pros/Cons:

1. On-campus you are close to classes, library and other resources
2. Off-campus its’ all you. But there is the internet and maybe your roomates.
3. On-campus you are in the middle of the social scene. You always know whats’ going on and where.
4. Off-campus the “scene” could be at your house with movie night or a Wii tournament.
5. On-campus there’s no commute to school or getting caught in traffic and missing class.
6. Off-campus there’s more space for less money. Dorms can be expensive especially on a college student budget. 
7. Live your life by your rules off-campus. Well, with consideration of your roomates.

Choosing to live on-campus or off-campus can be a hard decision for a college freshman. Weigh the advantages and the disadvantages for your situation.

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There’s a new social scene online and its’ all about college students and life on campus. Get invloved now and find new connections at your school.

No High School students! 

www.collegelife.com

If you can’t find your school, send in a request and have all your friends do the same. The more requests, the quicker they add your school. 

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The summer is here and it’s time to start thinking about how to get that extra cash for school. The internet is full of opportunity for the budding enterpreture. Take the steps now and you may be able to earn that extra little cash to buy books, food, and video games.

Next steps for a student to make money online.

1. Get a book that will teach you the basics of HTML.
2. Open up notebook, or wordpad and get practicing.
3. Get an account with ebay, or for the artistic bunch get an account with Etsy.
4. Put your goods online.
5. Market them through a blog, myspace and other websites.

It takes some hard work and determination but the reward is great.

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Hey students! Get off your Wii for a bit and get working online. You just might make yourself a little extra cash for the next school year.

A few ideas for school cash:

1. Blogging? Get involved in Guest Blogger.  
2. Have goods? Must sell? Try Gumiyo instead of ebay.
3. Have a web site? Get involved as an affiliate and sell ad space on your site.

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