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CollegeWeek Live!

Watch admissions experts speak on topics such as how to prepare for the SAT, how to write a winning application essay or how to pay for college and have questions answered via live chat.

College Advice

My college advice: One of the most important things you can do to get the most from your classes is to read the syllabus.

Safety Tips for College Students

Safety Tips for College Students: your physical safety and security, at college, is essential. Remember to protect your digital identity as well.

Steal These College Life Tips

Steal these College Life Tips and make your campus experience fabulous!

Dorm Storage

Dorm storage ideas in simple form and function.

College Essential: Talk to Your Department’s Secretary

College departmental secretaries are a wealth of information for the college student.

College Orientation – A First Year’s College Essential

College students, preparing to head off to College Orientation, should be thinking big picture. By getting to know the layout of your campus and the general vicinity of the city in which your college is located-prior to the start of college-you will be that much further ahead of the curve. Emergency plans are another good thing to have before heading off to college. Do you have your emergency plan ready? Follow these easy instructions and have an emergency plan.

College Essentials: Renters Insurance

At college, you might need some renters insurance. Check with your parents/guardian as to having a rider put on their household insurance plan.

College Life Tips: Community Colleges Get Some Respect

With jobs being lost in the auto industry and elsewhere, associate degrees from community colleges are a great way to learn new skills and prepare yourself to work within the new businesses and industries developing as our economy changes. In the coming years, jobs requiring at least an associate degree are projected to grow twice as fast as job requiring no college experience.

College Life Tips: Let’s get physical

Now is the time to get a physical check-up with your doctor. Be sure to get any prescription medications filled. If you are going to be sexually active and have not yet, at this appointment, discuss birth control and STD protection methods with your physician.