Making the Grade | 3 Teaching Colleges To Consider

In today’s job market, it’s important to pursue a career that fits your passions, your personality and your financial expectations. While many are competing for management positions in large corporations, USNews.com says becoming a high school teacher has become a fairly popular career; especially if you relate well with teens and are hoping to enter [...]

Is A College Degree Worth It? Why You Should Think Twice…

With the sky-rocketing costs of college tuition, and nothing to help slow it down within the foreseeable future, families and students are now wondering: Is A College Degree Worth it?  Studies show that the benefits of having a 4-year college degree versus only a high school diploma can mean earning near or over a million [...]

College Course Planning | Understanding Course Levels In College

As many seniors begin to take a look at some general college course planning in preparation for their first semester at school, questions arise as to what the difference is between 100 and 400 level courses.  We’ve asked Sarah to shed a little light on this subject… As with high school, college classes continually get [...]

How To Pick Courses In College And Graduate On Time!

This guest post on how to pick courses in college is written by Sarah, a student at the University of Illinois. The older you get, the more responsibility is laid upon your shoulders.  Elementary school is simple math, history, lunch, recess, science, reading. As you get into middle school/junior high, classes become a little different.  You switch [...]

The 5 Worst College Majors If You Like Money!

Let’s face it, nobody wants to graduate from college only to find out they chose one of the worst college majors! Choosing the correct college major is often a time of great speculation and, in the case of many students, tremendous stress. After all, the major you choose to pursue can have long lasting effects [...]

Top College Majors And Where Get The Best Degree

As if choosing the right college isn’t stressful enough, soon after you will have to choose a college major. This decision can seem somewhat intimidating, but it does not have to be.  Finding a good school that offers the top college majors isn’t difficult to do, and you might even be surprised at how close [...]

What Should I Major In College? | Top 5 Factors cont…

Welcome back to this short, 2 part series entitled “What Should I Major In College”.  In a previous article, we began discussing our top 5 factors that should go into your decision and covered 3 very important aspects that many students and families overlook.  In case you are a little late to the party, these are the areas [...]

What To Major In College – Finding A Cost Effective Degree

Doing your research is an absolute must when it comes to figuring out what to major in college.  Should you pursue your dream, an interest, something you’re talented at, or all of the above?  It’s true that preparing for college is about grades, involvement and doing well in high school.  But, it’s also about finding yourself, [...]