http://howtospellcollege.com (It's YOUR college experience. Ace it.) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:42:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 5. Read a lot and often. - Books YOU'RE interested in should be a supplement to the books you're told to read. - Browse the bookstore and library at least twice a month. Make it a habit. - Go to your university bookstore's textbook section and read / skim / browse through the ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2010/02/24/how-to-be-a-student-of-life-and-for-life/ As the summer and graduation date approach, the economy may seem too depressing for those who are still struggling looking for a job or internship. But even in these tough economic times, students can improve their odds of finding a job with an appealing résumé, BU advisors say. Deborah Halliday, the ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2009/04/10/using-career-services-at-your-college/ http://howtospellcollege.com/2009/02/28/a-vision-of-students-today/ Considerations when choosing a course: - Are the classes you picked interesting and rewarding? Do the course descriptions turn you on? (For BU's online catalog: http://www.bu.edu/bulletins/und/) - Or did you pick them because they have easy professors or convenient timeslots? Or both, you lazy bastard? (Is your idea of education sleeping in ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2008/11/16/how-to-pick-classes-and-professors/ College hides its real lessons. They dress themselves up as lectures, tests, papers, oral presentations, projects, social interactions, new settings, new people, roommates, and extracurriculars. While you may be taught chemical formulas, assigned a paper about Freud, given a group project about economics, challenged by very different roommates, living far ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2008/09/23/the-hidden-lessons-of-college/ I hate that question. I'm very goal-driven with the things I think need direction. And I have a strong sense of my personal and career-related values. But I still hate that question. So years ago when the teacher in charge of my high school yearbook asked it to me and everyone else in ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2008/09/20/what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up/ When they go to class the first week... Upperclassmen wear normal clothes. Freshmen dress up. When they don't know where a building is... Upperclassmen wander around confidently. Freshmen pull out their handy-dandy maps. When it's time to buy textbooks... Upperclassmen save money by buying them online. (This is how.) Freshmen sell their souls to the campus bookstore. When it's ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2008/09/04/difference-between-upperclassmen-and-freshmen/ Drill it into your head that your campus bookstore is overpriced. But using a combination of these methods, I've saved hundreds of dollars on books. (My personal record for biggest savings was a $180 pair of textbooks at the bookstore for $18 total online---that's including shipping!) Condensed instructions for the most ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2008/08/28/how-to-save-money-on-books/ As far as I know, this is the single most comprehensive dorm packing list that exists. All of the other ones neglect something that another listed, but this is a combination of them all. Thousands of students have used this list over the years, but I still caution: You don't need ... http://howtospellcollege.com/2008/08/28/master-checklist-for-dorm-packing/