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The Study Break: A Weekly List of Our Favorite Distractions

Check out these 5 links from some of our favorite blogs:

For those of you that have recently signed a lease for your summer apartment, have you thought about home security? Well Student Renter is here to help, check out their article Home Security Advice for Student Renters.

Have you heard about NSCS’s Universum Scholarship? Click here to complete the Universum’s IDEAL Employer Survey 2012.

Here are Four Tax Tips for First-Time Filers brought to you by HackCollege.

Have a Skype interview coming up in the near future? Check out this article by The Daily Muse to help you ace your viral interview.

Check out: 27 College Tips I Learned Sophomore Year by CollegeInfoGeek. As a senior myself, I totally agree with this list!

Courtnay Oddman is a senior at The George Washington University, majoring in Communications, with a double minor in Statistics and Health and Wellness. She has been a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars since 2008. Courtnay is currently the Social Media Intern at the NSCS national office and is a regular contributor to the NSCS Twitter account. She enjoys attending GWU basketball games and being a mentor to students on campus. Courtnay is currently applying to graduate schools in the field of Higher Education and aspires to one day be a student affairs professional.

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Tags: CollegeInfoGeek, Hack College, NSCS, study break, The Daily Muse, universum

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Share your Love on Unigo.com

In honor of yesterday being Valentine’s Day, I had the opportunity to rave about my university, Howard University and everything that I love about it on unigo.com. Unigo allows students to review their university, in hopes that the information shared will help someone decide if that is the place for them. While I was completing my survey, I fell in love with Howard all over again.

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The Perfect Valentine’s Day Playlist

Whether you spend Valentine’s Day with you best friends, your boyfriend or your family, at the core it should be a celebration of all kinds of love. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. So, to boost your Valentine’s Day spirit, here’s a list of some great love songs to fit any style or taste. Give a listen…

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Categories: chic geek, pop geek

The Successful Person: Top 10 Ways for Reaching ‘SUCCESS’ Part I

This post is the first of a three part series. Check back next Monday for Part II.

The notion of ‘success’ is universal in all people. We all have the desire to succeed; the thought of being unsuccessful is generally unacceptable to us. We all want to be respected and have our voices heard. While this article is mainly for students, these tips are equally important for alumni too. Some tips are pertinent towards establishing and maintaining a career, while others can be used for dating, relationships and family. Above all, most are interconnected with each other.

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Categories: biz geek, campus geek

Valentine’s Day on a Budget

You just recovered from spending money on Christmas presents and a pile of textbooks for the new semester. It could be so easy to start saving up for Spring Break but then the aisles start filling up with chocolates, teddy bears and a whole lot of pink: It’s Valentine’s Day! Another occasion where hardly any excuses will be accepted if you miss it, do not have a present or at least a card. So before you start re-gifting Christmas presents, look at our gift ideas that will help you shine on Valentine’s Day – without breaking the bank and eating ramen noodles for the next few weeks.