Categories: Academic Tips, Writing Skills
Tags: essay, essay writing, Writing
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Below is the outline of the EssayEdge’s writing course. As described, the course contains six lessons and over 100 pages of content.
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Categories: Academic Tips, Exam Strategy
Tags: preparation, test, test preparation
We all know the basics of preparing for tests; start studying early, don’t cram, find a study buddy, etc. These strategies are all well and good for the normal student, but what about those of us who want to rise above the crowd? It is getting more and more competitive out there so you need to increase your scores, but how?
To take your test taking skills to the next level, you will need to implement speed reading, visualization, and test strategy skills. When you add these tools to your normal test preparation you will see great results. These skills should only be used if you have the basics of test preparation understood. By constant application of these tools you can see long term results.
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Categories: Financial Tips, Undergraduate Scholarships
Tags: Aid, FAFSA, Financial, Scholarships
Universities often have monies available to finance scholarships for students, but they are certainly not the only place to secure these much coveted gift monies. Just as universities use scholarships as a way to attract and keep a certain segment of students, private organizations often have scholarship funds set up to ensure that the segment of the population they are invested in can go to college as well. Below, we will look at what kind of private scholarships are available, how to find them, and how to secure them.
What Kinds of Private Scholarships are Available? While it might seem surprising, almost every kind of scholarship exists that can be imagined. There are private scholarship funds set up by feminist groups for working mothers, ones set up by firefighters for the children of firefighters, scholarships for children of Vietnam Veterans, for first generation immigrants, etc. If you can think of it, a scholarship probably exists.
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Categories: Financial Tips, Student Loan, Undergraduate Scholarships
While loans, grants, and work-study are helpful in assisting you with financing your college education, they are not the only way to go about doing this. Scholarships–academic, special circumstance, and athletic–are also available to assist you. There are two main types of scholarships: university scholarships and private scholarships. Below, we will look at university scholarships.
University scholarships are monies awarded through your college or university that you do not have to pay back. Universities use these monies to attract and keep students who have certain characteristics they wish to have within their collegiate community. There are three main types of scholarships available through universities.
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Categories: Financial Tips, Student Loan
If you need financial assistance for school, the FAFSA is the place to start. Loans and grants are awarded based on your responses, but you can also opt for work-study monies. These are monies that you are allotted based on working a minimal number of hours for an office of your university. Work study is often a great alternative to loans, as you do not have to pay these monies back.
In order to be eligible for work-study programs, you must fill out a FAFSA. On the FAFSA, there is a question which asks if you are interested in work-study. Check yes. If, based on the FAFSA’s calculations, you are deemed eligible you will be contacted by your university’s work study office and given a list of potential jobs you can accept. Pick one that suits your needs and your schedule and get started!
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