Congratulations high schoolers! Another school year is over and summer has just begun! While we're certain that you're all out to have a good time and unwind, the summer is also an opportune time to start thinking about next steps, and it's likely that a good number of your summer vacations revolve around touring college campuses.…
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The High Cost of College
How to decide whether a four-year degree is right for you. In a post from May last year we pondered the question, should everyone go to college? And what might still be surprising to some, the answer was a resounding no. As eNotes editor and college professor Jamie described it then, I believe anyone who wants…
How To Be Successful at a Large University
Success: "The accomplishment of an aim or purpose" (Merriam-Webster). Success is what every person should strive to reach every day. It is the backbone and motivator for all of our wants and needs. Achieving success in college requires hard work and a little bit of knowledge about how to beat the system. The university system…
A Day in the Life of a Student Researcher
Are you studying for a career in the sciences? Not sure where to begin to gather that lab experience that is oh so important for obtaining your degree and landing a great job? Our Math and Science intern Wilson shares his experiences of finding his place as a student researcher and shares the four lessons…
Blinded by Science
How eNotes' Math and Science intern overcame his trouble with the sciences and learned to love his Biochemistry major. Science: the subject that many find so difficult to understand (and so boring to even attempt to understand) that they just dread learning about it, dread having to sit in class and listen to the teacher…
How College Is Like That Juicy Hamburger You Just Don’t Want to End
Just come with us on this one... eNotes' intern offers more advice on how to savor college and prep for the real world, which in foodie-terms can only be likened to that salad bar at the Souplantation--a bottomless pit of just "meh." So, now that we've livened your spirits... Picture this. You’re at a restaurant,…
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Your Major Isn’t All that Major
Yippee! You’re going to COLLEGE! You’re probably getting hours and hours of sleep because you don’t spend any time at all mulling over all the new, unknown, big, scary things that come bundled up in that word ‘college.’ No, you haven’t started thinking about your future or your career or what all that means for…
“Mediocris Scholaris”: The Average Student Scholarship Contest
Whether you're preparing to attend college or you're already there, you'll probably have figured out by now that applying for scholarships to fulfill that expensive education is almost as difficult and as time consuming as attaining the degree itself. With the massive amount of competition out there, you might feel you have about the same…
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