Last time on RAFSA, I told you where to find financial aid opportunities to fund your study abroad adventures. Now it’s time to write the essays for all of those applications, but you don’t just want to write, you want to win! While I can’t guarantee you’ll win 100% of what you’ve applied for, I can tell you that a strong essay will personalize your applications and make you stand out to the judges. Here are 8 steps to making your writing rock.
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Tags: application, essay, RAFSA, study abroad, travel
Categories: campus geek
Make and Keep a Budget. You would be surprised how much faster you spend money when you aren’t keeping track of it as opposed to when you write down every single time you spend $4 for a Starbucks coffee, $5 for a Subway Footlong, $10 for a midnight premiere, $2 for pens, $35 for gas, $8 for socks…You get the picture.
And although the word “budget” causes many to shudder, it’s really not that hard. You are simply calculating your expenses, calculating your income, and then making sure your income is equal to or greater than your expenses. Ok, ok, it’s a little more complicated than that. But CNN Money makes it super easy for you with their handy dandy automatic budget calculator. Check it out here!
Tags: budget, discounts, find a job, GEICO, graduation, Hertz, Jobacle, national society of collegiate scholars, NSCS, save money, savings, TalkNerdy2Me
Categories: biz geek, campus geek
First came the question, “What is NSCS?” Then came the induction. You saw that your chapter organized a variety of services and social events. You may have participated in them and also may have decided to become an officer. Graduation came and went.
Now what?
You asked the question and we have the answer! The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is pleased to launch the NSCS Alumni Advisory Board. The NSCS Alumni Advisory Board is a special opportunity for a select number of NSCS members to serve in an advisory capacity to the NSCS national staff and Board of Directors. The Alumni Advisory Board consists of NSCS alumni, including former chapter officers, current and former NLC members, as well as active members.
It’s that time. All of your education from kindergarten to now has lead to this moment: college graduation! When you approach college as a caterpillar, you weren’t quite sure what was going on or where this journey will take you. Now your initial training is complete, there are still a couple of things you should be aware of before you go out there in the real world!
Tags: advice, class of 2012, graduating, graduation, NSCS member, senior, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Categories: campus geek
Our government is deadlocked by partisan politics. Youth employment is at a 60-year low—the lowest level recorded in U.S. history since 1948. Student loan debt just topped $1 trillion (and default rates are rising quickly).
And even though we’re paying top-dollar for college, college isn’t necessarily giving us the tools we need to create our own jobs.
In the 2011 Young Entrepreneur Council/Buzz Marketing Group annual youth entrepreneurship survey, 88 percent of young people said that entrepreneurship education is vitally important given the new economy—and yet 74 percent of college students had no access at all to entrepreneurship education on campus. When resources were available, most young people felt they were inadequate.
Tags: #FixYoungAmerica, college, MTV, NSCS, rally, Stephen Colbert, student loans, TalkNerdy2Me, unemployment, YEC
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