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Roommates: Good vs. Bad

The room is divided: one person on the left side and one person on the right side. No one talks except for casual conversation. There is a tension in the air that anyone could see a mile away. Now, skip to the next year: music is blasting and sounds of laughter fill the air as a friendship begins to grow. These two drastic scenarios are the most common in college dorms. It is the college horror story versus the dream come true.

Throughout college it’s likely that people will experience the terror of living with a bad roommate or the privilege of living with a good one. There are many differences between bad roommates vs. good roommates. A good roommate will have respect for you and realize that they are now sharing a room with someone who grew up with a different lifestyle.

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Categories: campus geek

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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Categories: campus geek

Be Smart With Your Money: Develop Good Habits, Part III

This post is the third in a series about developing good habits with money.

In the first two posts of this series we discussed reducing your reliance on a credit card and how to begin saving regularly.

The next step for college students is to manage your spending while increasing your savings. Even in college, you don’t want to get in the habit of relying on a month-to-month paycheck to pay your bills. That’s why managing savings is one of the most difficult things for college students.

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Tags: college, finances, money, NSCS, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Categories: biz geek

Get the Scoop to Make a Smooth Transition

Are you an online or community college student? Are you looking to transfer to a four year institution? Coming up next week there’s an exciting event just for you!

On February 2^nd, CollegeWeekLive Transfer Day will be taking place online from 2-10pm EST. Transfer day is an online college fair that offers students information about transferring to four year colleges and universities.

There are tons of great things happening during the event! You’ll have the opportunity to chat live with admission reps from transfer offices at over 60 colleges and video chat with current students about the transfer process. There will be experts giving transfer admissions advice via live video and information available about financial aid and scholarships as well as advice about which ones are right for you. You can also enter to win a $1,000 CollegeWeekLive Scholarship!

During the online event, between 6-7pm EST, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars’ own Katie Mang, Senior Manager of Member Engagement, will be presenting on the topic “5 Simple Steps for Transition Success”—be sure to check it out! Click here to register for this free event!

I look forward to seeing all of you there!

Jonathan Atkins is the Coordinator of Member Engagement for Online and Community Colleges at The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Economics. As a St. Louis native, Jonathan grew up playing competitive tennis, along with his older brothers. He is passionate about fitness, tennis, reading, and devoting his time to being a mentor with various non-profits who work in minority youth development.

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Tags: college, college advice, CollegeWeekLive, community college, e-learning, Katie Mang, non-traditional student, NSCS, online schools, TalkNerdy2Me, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Transfer Day, transferring schools

Categories: campus geek

Be Smart With Your Money: Develop Good Habits, Part II

This post is the second in a series about developing good habits with money.

People can offer as many tips as they’d like, harp on any point to no end, and lecture ‘til they’re blue in the face, but you probably won’t learn anything.Especially when it comes to money. That’s where habits are different. When you develop a habit, the action is second nature. You don’t need to stress over what you’re doing and divert your attention for too long of a time. Instead, with a habit, you’ve already established the rules for yourself; doing it is automatic.

With money, this is especially important. Students (or anyone, for that matter) can’t spend all their time thinking about managing their money. Personal finance should be something that’s second nature. That way you’re not spending all your time thinking about what you need to do with your money.

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Tags: college, money, NSCS, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars

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