You have learned almost everything you could in the school setting from your professors, textbooks, and overnighters on group projects. Now what? Now comes securing that internship. Internships can be essential before you step out into the brutal reality of the actual workforce. Internships allow you to gain hands-on experience of what it would be like working in the real world. The theories, knowledge, and skills learned at school can now be put to the test.
Read more > “Questions to Ask When Interviewing for an Internship (Guest Post)”Category: Student Lifehacks
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Our summers used to be all about grasping opportunities and gaining relevant experiences in internships, part-time jobs, or summer schools. But then the coronavirus crisis came. Many secured internships were reworked, companies have frozen their hiring plans, and summer schools were canceled—all this brought our summer plans to ruin. With the current splash of unemployment, it is even harder for recent grads to land an internship or your first full-time job.
Read more > “Finding Virtual Internships and Online Summer Schools in 2021”
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What to Do After an Exam: Manage Post-Exam Stress and Anxiety, Sell Textbooks and Plan your Future
The event that you have been preparing for all that time, pegging away at textbooks and prep materials, is over. You have taken most of the exams and submitted the final papers. Although it seems that the worst days are over, the post-exam stress and anxiety might hit you hard. While you are now anxiously waiting for the results, you are often under higher pressure than before an exam took place.
Read more > “What to Do After an Exam: Manage Post-Exam Stress and Anxiety, Sell Textbooks and Plan your Future”
During this turbulent year, high school and college commencement activities are postponed. However, many colleges moved their graduation celebrations online, and YouTube and Facebook have something for us as well! The times have been tough, though there is no need to give up on having some fun and celebrating your achievements with others! Here we review a bunch of options for the online celebration of Graduation in 2020. The most significant thing to do is to watch (or read) the best commencement speeches ever given!
Read more > “Celebrating Graduation 2020 with the Best Commencement Speeches”
This year has completely changed our lives, including the examination format. As has been discussed round and about, this year’s AP exams are taken at home in an online form. Well, you probably know the details about online college exams. SAT and ACT, while postponed, might take place as at-home exams in the end. GMAT and LSAT have online proctored options this summer too.
Read more > “How to Prepare for At-Home Online College Exams in 2021?”
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Listening to Music While Studying: Benefits and Disadvantages for Your Focus, Memory, and Creativity
Should I try listening to music while studying? Will it boost my concentration and protect me from unwanted noises, or, on the contrary, are there only disadvantages to my focus?
Read more > “Listening to Music While Studying: Benefits and Disadvantages for Your Focus, Memory, and Creativity”
The pandemic crisis has hit every single one of us. However optimistic lookouts we might hold, in the coming months, our lives will not go back to “normal,” if ever. With the quarantine measures, all educational processes and college studies have drastically changed.
Read more > “12 Educational Resources Available for Free during Coronavirus Quarantine”
The educational and employment landscapes have rapidly changed in the past five years—but what about college specializations? If you are now contemplating where to apply and which major to choose, you are probably very much in doubt. Soft skills are in demand more than ever. In contrast, some hard skills are attainable through free or relatively cheap online educational programs or even substituted by automation.
Read more > “10 Trending College Majors that Earn Most Money in 2021”
I bet a lot of us get anxious when staring at a blank document with a blinking cursor, especially when feeling the additional pressure of the deadline (upload before midnight!)—this inability to write is often referred to as “writer’s block.” Writing is an essential tool for any college student, no matter what track you pursue: our curricula are full of essays, reflections, reviews, and final papers.
Read more > “How to Write College Papers Efficiently: 8 Tips to Overcome the Writer’s Block”
The majority of productivity gurus despise typing since it doesn’t sharpen your memory as effectively as handwriting does. However, things are not as simple as this, and today, we’ll go deeper than the tip of the iceberg. We will discuss handwritten and typed notes in terms of the neuroscience of learning (as it’s usually done) and contemplate the use of these two note-taking strategies in your everyday study routine. We’ll also measure the costs of the process against the benefits of the result.
Read more > “Handwriting or Typing Your Study Notes: Choose What Suits You Best (+ a Bonus Checklist)”