November 2007 - Posts

• 13 Free Online Sources to Help You Through School

  November 20, 2007

  Whether you’re struggling with a particular class or just want to expand what you know, these 13 sites can give you a library’s worth of information right from your laptop. 1. U.C. Berkeley Webcasts Get podcasts and webcasts of current and archived courses Read More... Filed under: Education, College, Google, Mac, Video, Wikipedia, The Students Blog, YouTube, technology, Exams, MIT, diet coke, about.com, Science, mac attack, Webcasts, Podcast, britney spears, labs, google news, education arcade, Dr. Math, VMAs, calculus, Education index, howstuffworks, Berkeley, the history channel, the naked scientist

• The Geek’s College Grab Bag

  November 15, 2007 08:54 AM

  There’s more to being a geek than horn-rimmed glasses and owning the DVD collection of Pinky and the Brain . If you truly want to own your geekhood, you might want to avail yourself of this college grab bag. Each item has been carefully selected to help Read More... Filed under: Education, College, Gadgets, School, The Students Blog, Amazon, NextStudent, factoids, philosophy, study aids, usb drink warmer, dorm room, demotivators, geek, computer science, top 10 of everything, sudoku, statistics, sparkcharts, college grab bag, usb drink chiller, the new book of lists, the harpercollins college, pinky and the brain, z0pid, thinkgeek, geekhood, paul graham, barnes & noble, the book of lists, bits of wisdom, motivation, painters, snakes, guitar hero III, leadership, failure, individuality, sparknotes, ht-zs11, accounting, LED candles, economics, hackers

• Hundred$ of Reasons Not to Skip Class

  November 08, 2007

  Most of us have skipped a college class or two and, unless we missed a midterm or a final that day, probably didn’t think it was that big a deal. But have you actually taken the time to figure out exactly how much money each one of those cut classes is Read More... Filed under: Education, Money, College, School, Books, textbooks, Stanford, Harvard, college costs, tuition, MIT, Students Blog, Princeton, Yale, NextStudent, US New and World Report, University of Pennsylvania, Cal Tech

• Famous Voices: More Reflections on College

  November 06, 2007 10:29 AM

  “I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.” – Ty Cobb “Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas . College baseball, I love it.” – Roger Clemens “Michael Jordan and Magic and myself Read More... Filed under: Education, College, School, lost, god, the today show, rita dove, chicago hope, rod corddry, University of Texas, christine lahti, kareem abdul-jabbar, dire straits, michael ironside, sam donaldson, the daily show, henry fonda, john stewart, al roker, College Baseball, mark knopfler, jamie muir, guitar, dominic monaghan, moira kelly, judd nelson, abc news, claire danes, lord of the rings, new york city, Magic, Ty Cobb, Roger Clemens, Michael Jordan, one tree hill

• Eight Résumé Blunders That Can Cost You a Job

  November 01, 2007

  We’ve all heard the how-a-great-candidate’s-résumé-went-wrong stories, but like most other cautionary tales, we tend to think it won’t happen to us . Until one day, it does. To help you avoid being the subject of someone’s next résumé-disaster parable, Read More... Filed under: College, Gmail, career advice, Job, Writing, student, The Students Blog, Yahoo, TV commercial, Résumé, monster, professionalism, Microsoft Word