DePauw University

The students should know their major before they start college! Choosing a college major is an important part in a student life. It is the major that helps the student to know what to study. It decides the student’s career future. The major helps a student to find his correct career. If a student fails to find his right major it affects his whole life. Sometimes the students do not know exactly what they want to study once they begin their college education. When they have no idea about the…

Being a student grants you the access of many job opportunities on campus. For instance, in Oklahoma State University, Erin Pretotta states that, “Students can work with faculty members in research labs, campus offices unrelated to their major, lifeguard, referee, student research assistant, campus tour guide, office assistant, editor/writer for the school newspaper…

Academic advising is an essential part to a college student’s life. Without it, most students would not know which direction to go with their respected academic fields or which classes to take in order to achieve the associate’s degree here at the College of Southern Maryland. But there is a problem with academic advising not only here at the Leonardtown Campus, but the La Plata and Prince Frederick campus’ as well. The majority of the time when a student goes in to see the academic advisor,…

counter claim to that argument is that you can attend college at any age and that you don’t have to go to a university. The point I am trying to reach is that if you financially cant afford college don’t disregard it completely, revisit the idea when your more financially stable and can afford to attend. You could also just go for your AA degree at a community college and then transfer to a university like I am doing. There are many excuses for why not to go to college, but if you really want to…

The notion of what a gap year involves is a tempting one, especially upon finishing secondary school; after over two thousand hours of class time, standardized testing, and extracurricular activities the prospect of beginning a lengthy rigorous university career can seem exhausting and leaving students feeling burnt-out. This is why U.S. students should adopt the custom of taking a gap or bridge year before college, involving six to twelve months of travel or experimental programs; research…

and wanting them to be successful and sending them to college to get a degree and to be educated and being able to have minimal payments left after they graduate (Garner). Another, way to save is to set up a 529 plan if offered by the college or university.…

A person embarks on their journey of education as soon as they leave their mother’s womb. It is the day they connect with the world. At the end of high school and where the journey of college education begins is the day they start to understand the issues of this world. The chances offered at any college leads to a wide range of opportunities. Deciding to go to college puts a person one foot in the right direction and attending college puts their whole body and mind in the right direction. The…

It hit her. The cost of books, the work-study job, the inability to ask family for help. The piling list came barreling in on Jessica Jordan. She had received a full scholarship to Wesleyan University in the fall of 2009. So why was she struggling? “I was, for most of the [first] year, living out of poverty. Financial emergencies occurred, and I had no one to turn to. Neither of my parents could afford to send me money if an unexpected charge came up on my student account. In fact, when I could…

Being able to live a comfortable and successful life are only some of the many reasons why I am pursuing a college degree. The college degree I plan on receiving is a bachelor’s in arts and sciences, majoring in Criminal Justice. It not only improves your quality of life, but also benefits your life in endless ways. There are several people who go to work everyday miserable because they do not have the same passion as they did before. My lifetime goal is to be able to work at job that I am…

undertaken after high school. It has become the standard requirement for economic progress as it provides people with necessary skills and capabilities to survive in an increasingly competitive, global economy. In Australia, tertiary education such as universities and TAFEs has changed throughout its establishments by introducing and imposing various reforms that provides beneficial and detrimental effects for tertiary students. A new reform to further improve the current model has surfaced.…