college
Maximize your university experience with these tips for all things collegiate–how to achieve a perfect GPA, select the right major, finance your college education and more.
Your Freshman Year
It’s your freshman year of college. You picked a school that you love. You have one final summer with all of your friends and without the stress of school haunting you with summer assignments. I was so excited to get out of my hometown, and go to my dream school. I was accepted to Duquesne University in the winter, and ever since then I got butterflies when I thought about my future.
By Allie Holler6 years ago in Education
Best Study Tips for Visual Learners in College
Many educators have attempted to define the countless different learning styles, but one of the simplest and most popular is Neil Fleming's VAK model. VAK stands for Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic. In simplest terms, visual learners comprehend best when seeing things, auditory learners understand best when they hear something, and kinesthetic learners need to physically feel something to fully grasp it.
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick6 years ago in Education
My Time School Hopping
Long story, but I have the time so I might as well write it all down. I'm from Toronto but I decided to go to school in Huntsville, Alabama after high school. It was a small (under 3,000) person, historically Black, extremely religious school. I was raised religious but I don't really identify like that anymore. I chose the school because two of my cousins went there and loved it, and my uncle teaches down there. I also wanted to get away and try something new. The school that I went to was an HBCU. An HBCU is a historically Black college or university. Basically, when education was segregated and Black people weren't allowed to go to regular schools, these were the schools that were founded by Black people for them to go to. I had only gone to all White schools and going to a school where I would be around other Black people sounded really fun. So I packed up my bags and moved into the dorms.
By Madison Henry6 years ago in Education
College Tips
What this one is about, as you could probably tell by the title, is what you need to know when you are at or leaving for college. The first thing I’m going to be talking about is what you would need for your dorm (for girls and then boys). Following that, I am going to talk about how to make friends easily. Lastly, the third and final thing I am going to talk about is how to develop good study habits.
By Michaela La Brie6 years ago in Education
Sorority Life
What do you think when you hear a woman talk about being in a sorority? Do you think, “oh she’s a partier, oh she is shallow, she obviously doesn’t care about her studies." If you do you may think like most people, however it’s not true in most cases. Sorority women are more than just the letters they represent. They are about their sisterhood, school, community, and philanthropies. Most of these ladies hold some of the top GPA’s on their campuses, and are the leaders in discussion in the classroom. For many of these sorority ladies, joining was more about the bonds than it was about the recognition of letters.
By Kathleen Cruz6 years ago in Education