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.
'I Live with Strangers'
Oh. My. God. Living with strangers. Sounds like an absolute nightmare, doesn't it? Your whole life you've lived with your family; people who you're completely comfortable with. You've been hiding under the protective wing of your parents, and now it's time to fly the nest and start up a new life, in a new home, with a bunch of people you've never even met.
By Katie Rees7 years ago in Education
How to Accept and Survive Anxiety at Uni
Not to start on a negative, but I feel like this is one of the main reasons I wanted to start blogging in the first place—to share what I’ve learned in the hope that it could help someone else. What I do know is that more people than you may think suffer from it, and it’s nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about. Fighting anxiety can help you to understand the need for patience, perseverance, and resilience, but that doesn’t mean you will feel these positives whilst you are at some of your darkest stages.
By Mel Thompson7 years ago in Education
What I Learned From My College Auditions
When I first started the audition process for theatre and musical theatre college programs, I noticed that the online resources were incredibly vague. Every article seemed to be an over-generalized list including broad statements like "Do Your Research" and "Stay Positive". While that advice makes sense, it's not all that helpful and I think it's about time someone actually made a more detailed guide about real experience. So here it is! A huge summary of what I learned about the college audition process.
By Josie Morgan7 years ago in Education
University, Anxiety, and Friends
Before you go to uni, you have this idea in your head, this perfect idea, of how everything is going to go down. You're going to meet the person of your dreams, join two or three clubs and societies, keep your room and house completely spotless, and you're going to do exceedingly well in your degree. Either that, or you have this nightmare of an idea, one where you have no friends, you don't understand a single thing about your course, and everything is generally terrible for you. And I can tell you now that both of these images are far from the reality.
By Katie Rees7 years ago in Education
Are Universities Living up to Expectations for Those With a Religious Faith?
A “little special room” with soft mats, placed in a circle for students to sit comfortably while practicing meditation with little Buddha statues and candles is how a University of Leeds’s student describes the Buddhist silent room at her university. To create an “escape” from the stressful routine and “magical relaxed zone”, the university offers soothing music and a relaxing atmosphere, says Nefeli Karapanou.
By Michelle Sarkisyan7 years ago in Education
It's Okay to Not Know What You're Meant to Do in Life
We are consistently asked at a very young age, "what do you want to be when you grow up? A firefighter? A doctor? A veterinarian?" as if our eight-year-old selves will depict our future career path. Realistically, only six percent of the human population end up with the career they wanted as a kid. Perhaps this is because as a child, there are only handful occupations they know about—ones you would find in a storybook or maybe the career you're working towards now didn't quite exist yet. On the other hand, more than twenty-five percent of students are struggling to even obtain their high school diploma. I've had friends who found it unnecessary to finish high school and decide to raise a family instead, I've had friends who left their college programs to work a minimum wage job, I've had friends graduate university and not even make use of their degree and others who have graduated and immediately started pursuing a position in the career they earned. Each of these situations are all equally okay. Maybe we didn't end up where we hoped we would be or maybe we aren't the people we wanted to become, but that is alright.
By Sam Villemaire7 years ago in Education
Art School in a Nutshell
I recently finished my freshman year of college at the Savannah College of Art and Design and it was quite an experience. Being an art school, many people think of all kind of different things when they hear the name. Well, I can tell you that a lot of them are true. I'm majoring in film and so are a lot of other people. But then there are all the other majors there, such as, illustration, animation, sequential art, performing arts, photography, fibers, and most surprisingly, equestrian studies.
By Wes Shiflett8 years ago in Education
Alternative Learning Opportunity: Online College
Online colleges are often regarded as an option solely for returning students. And in many ways, that is correct. A large percentage of my classmates, including myself, are adults who are looking to start or finish a degree many years after graduating from high school. But there is nothing that says only returning adult learners can attend an online college.
By Erin Foster8 years ago in Education
Reasons You Should Go Back to School
Once upon a time, a high school degree or equivalent was enough to provide you with a stable, comfortable life. But now, it seems almost impossible to get a job without a bachelor's degree at the very least—and even that might not get you to where you want to be.
By Nicola P. Young8 years ago in Education
