With back to school time upon us, here are some great reasons to reconsider purchasing those necessary textbooks and opting to rent them instead. 1. Renting textbooks is cheaper Renting your textbooks can save you up to 80% of the cost of the book. This means that if you rent just one textbook this semester, [...]
You’ve met your roommate. You’ve said goodbye to your high school friends. You’ve packed the moving truck and you can’t wait for freshman year to begin. Once you get to college, however, it’s not all dining halls and dorm parties. Navigating the world of higher education can be tough sometimes. Luckily, there’s every college student’s [...]
The stereotype of the starving college student didn’t come from nowhere. With beaucoup bucks going towards tuition and books you probably don’t have a lot left over for extras like, say, living expenses. This means you’re balancing a tight monthly budget that has very little wiggle room. And yet, you likely have plenty of ideas [...]
So you what to be a teacher. Do you get a bachelor’s degree in Education or your favourite subject? Getting an education degree does have its benefits. In the U.S., the minimum requirement to get certified is to have a B.A. But, in addition to that, you will also need to pass standardized tests, have [...]
What’s the Deal..? Do people really gain 15 pounds during their freshman year at college? Or is the Freshman 15 actually more myth than it is fact? In a 2006 study done by the University of Oklahoma, 137 female freshmen were poked and prodded with the end result being they gained 2 pounds over the [...]