Posts under ‘Studying Advice’

One of the most difficult things to overcome as a student is procrastination. Procrastination is when you wait to the 11th hour to work on a project, study for a test or complete a paper. Procrastination can severely affect your grade and have an effect on your overall attitude about school. Here are [...]

One of the key ways to improve your learning as well as build friendships at school is by communicating with other students. Most people love college because it gives them an opportunity to interact with many types of people and learn from each other while developing friendships. Here are some keys ideas on [...]

One of the great ways to excel in college is to be proactive and ask question in class. While this might seem like an obvious way to increase your grade, many students are either too shy, too intimidated or are not paying attention.

If you are a student and want to excel at your classes, you can easily succeed just by doing a few things differently. Many students find that they fall behind in class because they do not know what is on the test, don’t have time for classes or procrastinate on class projects and papers; [...]

Not known to many, proper grammar and usage is very essential for effective communication. Many skeptics would argue that people would surely understand the message even if the usage is erratic. In truth, it could be. But it takes a knowledgeable, decent, and wise person to make sure his words are grammatically correct when conveying [...]

When reading an important manuscript, every discerning editor should always take note of the usual errors and problems that may be spread in the entire composition. Some editors instantly return the copies for revising after discovering screaming grammar errors and content distortions in the initial pages. Most writers get too occupied that they overlook poor [...]

With blogs being created left and right, people are becoming their own newspaper editors and writers. Some grammar experts however are lamenting on how the English language have taken a beating because of what is happening. You see, with blogs becoming more popular, people are slowly able to accept bad grammar as something that they [...]

What is grammar? Is it different from semantics? Or is it the same as linguistics? This short run-through on grammar and some of the details will walk you through some important but unfamiliar terms, names, and other items related to grammar and linguistics.

Many a school child had shed buckets of tears during grammar classes all throughout history, and not just in one country or in one language. Grammar, it seems, is such a difficult and strict subject worthy of tears and pain (from teacher’s stick). Here now is our take on grammar – without tears.

Many high schools have college fairs, so you can also go to yours and check out local college information. But, many other college fairs are held across the country. You can easily find a college fair near you by visiting the National Association for College Admission Counseling website at:

Now that you’ve been on the campuses of some of your selected colleges, you can collect more information. You can either request brochures and applications while on campus or by mail.
Once you receive these documents, read them thoroughly. You don’t want to come across any surprise deadlines later on when you’re actually applying.

If you haven’t worked before, now is the time to suck it up and get a job. Let’s face it: college is expensive! By getting a job over the summer—and saving the money you earn, of course—you’ll be able to buy those school supplies and books once the fall semester begins.

Rules change. And the rules of grammar are not impervious to these changes. In fact, the language is constantly changing that some of the rules that were being enforced before are no longer applicable today. There are also words now that have been added to dictionaries that are not used before the same way that [...]

Now is the right time to begin the discussion about funding for college with your parents. While you can’t do much about securing financial aid during your freshman year, you can come up with a plan for how your family will go about paying for college.

You should be notified sometime during the summer of who your roommate is and their contact information. Take some initiative and call them. 99% of the time, they’ll be glad you did.
Take this time to talk about yourself and ask questions about them. What are their hobbies? Where did they go to school? What are [...]