College Jolt

10 Off-the-Wall Scholarship Contests

Scholarships.  How do you find them?  How do you get them?  Everyone needs them yet it seems that everyone has trouble finding suitable ones to apply for.  Though there are hundreds upon hundreds of scholarships available, each having various qualifications and surprisingly, not all of these scholarships are academic based.  If you aren’t aware, there [...]

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Diversity on Campus

Diversity.  Is it really necessary?  Does it actually promote not only tolerance, but a happy acceptance?  In this great big melting pot that we are all spinning in, blending together pieces of our own ethnicities and cultural traditions, are we thereby becoming these well-rounded, socially manicured individuals that these institutions of higher learning promise that we’ll [...]

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The Truth About Online Education

Is the daily drone of trudging back and forth for four years to less-than-fascinating classes just not your style?  I hear ya.  Coincidentally, so does the rest of the country.  Online schools are more popular than ever: offering students an educational experience that can be completed more efficiently, while still at the student’s preferred pace, and also give [...]

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The Best Ways to Cure a Hangover

Drinking’s fun, until the morning after. Its no joke that hangovers majorly suck. Here are the best methods of curing a hangover that I’ve discovered: 1. Water, water and more water Flush the alcohol out! Hangovers result from dehydration so replenish your poor alcohol-saturated body and drink the H2O. 2. Big Greasy Breakfast This may not do wonders for the waistline, but [...]

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Bring Home the Bacon: Lucrative College Majors

Did you sign your life away for four years to become a better person?  Do you genuinely strive to learn all you can and believe your choice institution will provide the means for completing your life goals? Ohhh how I want to believe you. Forgive my skepticism.  I’m a senior. I’ve been tugging on my hair [...]

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U.S. Colleges - Old vs. New!

Old versus new.  Which is better?  Do the older universities always seem to have better reputations because of their lengthy history?  What is the benefit of attending one of the oldest schools in our nation?  What about attending the newest colleges? To start - a list of a few of the oldest colleges in the United [...]

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Top College Rivalries - Football Need Not Apply

Are you a fierce competitor?  Why not apply it to your college career?  When you think of rivalries between universities, the first thing that comes to mind is football.  Maybe basketball after that.  But the wars that I listed below have no padding, helmets or pigskin.  The competition is often in the classroom, and kept alive [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Coed Dorm Rooms and The Schools That Offer Them

Coed dorms were first introduced during the hippie movement in the 1970’s and then further down the road someonde decided to push the envelope and introduced coed dorm ROOMS. Only about 2 dozen of the thousands of schools in the U.S. provide coed housing options (that is in the same room). Apparently, they are merely [...]

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The Safest Schools in the Country…and the Ones to Bring a Taser to

When I was searching for colleges to apply to, my rank of criteria went somewhat like this: 1. Location (I prescribe to the “snobby NYer” attitude that my city is better than yours, so I wanted to know that I could flee home with relative ease) 2. “Academics” (got to please the parents I guess) 3. My impression of the [...]

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Which Schools Have the Hottest Nightlife? The Rankings Are In!

Good academic program? Check. Decent on-campus housing? Check. Plenty of hot guys/girls? Check. What’s missing? How the hell is the nightlife?! That’s an important question to ask oneself and for some of us, a very important element of our college careers. Student by day does not have to mean student by night. Everyone has got to put down [...]

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