10 questions to get a job/summer internship

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You are in college or graduate school and you are thinking about getting a job. You ask a lof questions and you have no answers! Student Help Forum will help you succeed and get a job/summer internship with 10 classic questions on how to get a job after college or grad school I have talked [...]

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Why Choose Math Tutoring for Students

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It is very common to realize that you needsspecial attention to improve your performance in school.  Math tutoring is particularly useful for many students, especially when a parent is no longer able to help with complicated math homework (dad you already forgot that?). As a parent, you may be used to being a tutor of [...]

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5 Ways to Balance LSAT Prep with College Classes

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In this post, Steve Schwartz from LSAT Blog shares five tips to help you fit time in your schedule to prepare for a graduate-level exam without detracting from your college classes. If you have a full college courseload and social life, it’s probably hard to balance the two already. Add studying for the LSAT to [...]

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6 Tips for Organizing Research

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Intro/Hook. Download the articles you plan on using, and save them in a single folder. You don’t want to pay the penalty for someone else’s site going down, or free content being transferred to a paid archive. If the source website doesn’t allow you to save the article to your website, there are two workarounds. [...]

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Simplification – The Key to Success

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Taking notes during lectures is perhaps the most important part of retaining knowledge throughout your university semmester, but most students are simply not that good at it. They tend to focus on either writing down every word your lecturer says, and just the important points. There is a much easier method which will definetly pay [...]

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How To Enact Damage Control After A Classroom Catnap

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Most publications and blogs that cater to students will eventually run an article on how to stay awake during class. They offer (sometimes) valuable advice on getting enough sleep, avoiding all-nighters, using caffeine intelligently, cutting down on sugar, etc. I won’t go into details here, because we may decide to run an article of our [...]

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Stop Hunting Around for Lost Articles: Use Yahoo! MyWeb

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Have you ever “lost” an article? You know what I’m talking about — you started reading something great, bookmarked it, and then when you went looking for it two months later the only thing you can find is 404 Page Not Found? Or maybe you found it, but now the website wants you to fork [...]

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8 Reasons Why Re-writing Notes Is Essential

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During finals week, time and time again I hear things like “you have such nice handwriting,” and “so much lecture information on so few pages,” and I am always very thankful that over a decade ago, my German teacher (props to Frau Bahr) told me that I’d learn best if I rewrote my notes for [...]

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Improve Your Productivity in One Step – Go Offline!

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The internet is truly a wonderland. Thousands of news stories, blogs, games, videos, social networking sites, all lie tantalizingly beneath your fingertips, just waiting to be explored. Don’t surf the internet on study time. Some buildings on my campus don’t have wireless. I remember being stuck inside the Political Science department once in a rainstorm. [...]

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5 Things You Actually Need At College

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Although I was a Freshman over seven years ago now, I remember feeling so overwhelmed as I packed my first few boxes. What am I gong to need? What is everyone else bringing? What am I forgetting? Everyone knows to bring the big stuff, bedding, pillows, your toothbrush, a computer, but I forgot three things, [...]

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Time Management in the New Year

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First, a quick introduction! I’m Sarah, a new writer around here at The Student Help Forum. I’m a full-time post baccalaureate student in public health education. I work over 30 hours a week, write for four blogs and try to have a social life on top of everything. I hope my words of advice within [...]

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Essential Software for Students

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School is hard. Between papers to write, tests to study for, projects to finish, and trying to actually have a social life, there’s a lot for students to do. There’s also a lot of software out there that promises to make things easier – unfortunately, a lot of it can break a student budget. Fear [...]

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The 10 Best Facebook Apps for Students and 3 to Avoid

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Facebook has become a major distraction for university students around the world. There is just so much happening at any one time that all thoughts of assignments and study get thrown out the window. This has happened to me on many occasions. But there are some applications you can use to help increase your productivity, [...]

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The Single Most Important Study Strategy You Will Ever Hear

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Please thank Cal Newport for this guest post. I will be writing up a post at his blog, Study Hacks, very soon. Cal is also a successful author, with two books entitled: How to Become a Straight A Student, and How to Win at College. A Surprising Discovery To research my second book I devised [...]

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Sniffles, Sneezes, and Sickness

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When you leave home for the first time, and start going to university, there is one thing which you can never be prepared for – the number of colds and illnesses you will get in your first year. It will seem that every week you willl have another kind of flu. You will catch anything [...]

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