Letter To An Incoming College Freshman
Dear Freshman, So you’re going to college. That means you’ve heard this phrase a million times before: “These are going to be the best four years of your life!” Such words may conjure up images of keg...
View ArticleWhy Travel Is Good For The Soul
It’s 8am and your alarm is blaring. You’re not sure how many times it’s gone off, but you know you must be late by now. You drag yourself out of bed, slip a backpack over your shoulders, and head out...
View ArticleCommunity Service: Things To Consider
If you’re going to a university, then you probably did some community service to get there. Whether it was serving food at the local homeless shelter, building houses in Honduras, or working at an...
View ArticlePoverty Alleviation: An Investment For The Future
With more than three billion people worldwide currently living on less than $2.50 a day, the eradication of poverty is of great moral consideration for all global citizens. As Americans, we often...
View Article7 Things To Add To Your Bucket List
1. Travel the world Image via Flickr.com Okay, this is quite an ambitious task to start off with. Realistically, traveling the world isn’t something you ever get to cross off your bucket list. Instead,...
View Article3 Easy Ways To Give New Life To Your Apartment
This article is brought to you by CORT, a subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway and the world’s largest furniture rental and relocation services company. To learn more about how we can help college students...
View ArticleA Letter To College Student Job Recruiters Concerning Student Stress
Recruiters, This may well be the one time in my life (or at least my university years) when I have your attention and do not use it to show off every leadership role I’ve held, technical skill I’ve...
View ArticleUsing Television To Expand Your Vocabulary
This article is brought to you by Kaplan, the leader in test prep for over 90 standardized tests, including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT. We have all had those moments when it seems like the academic...
View ArticleA College Student’s Guide To Babysitting
College students are often labelled with certain stereotypes: stressed, sleep-deprived, under-funded, caffeine-addicted, party animals, ramen-eaters, overworked. Well, maybe not all of these are true,...
View ArticleHow To Help Your Student Employees Create And Achieve Attainable Goals
In today’s career-centered society, the university system creates a new class of graduates ready to enter the job market each year. Each individual is prepared for their imminent career, crafted by...
View ArticleTips To Give Your Tenants About Halloween Safety
Halloween: a time for candy and costumes and late-night adventures, ringing strangers’ doorbells and saying “Trick-or-Treat!” It is full of traditions many of us hold dear: scary stories passed down...
View ArticleHow To Prepare Your Apartment For Winter
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View ArticleThings To Keep In Mind When Choosing A College Roommate
The quintessential question of moving out of the dorms: Who will you live with? Will you get an apartment with your best friend? A house with lots of your floormates? Another year with your current...
View ArticleHow To Find The Best Off-Campus Student Housing
Throughout your college years, housing is a topic that will never go away. Each year you may face a move from one place to another, one lease to the next. For many of us whose schools guarantee...
View ArticleAll About The GRE
So you’re thinking about taking the GRE. Or maybe you just want to know what GRE stands for after hearing it spoken of by those students who you know are way too on top of their futures. From lecture...
View ArticleCelebrating The End Of Midterms
October can mean many things: Autumn, Halloween, pumpkin pie, falling leaves. But for us college students, it means only one thing: Midterms. This is the month when our over-worked minds are bombarded...
View ArticleWhat Drives Your Career Path?
When someone asks why you chose your major, what do you tell them? Is it because the subject is interesting to you? Challenging? Will give you the skills necessary to pursue your dream job? What about...
View Article5 Ways To Experience Nightlife In Sweetwater, Florida
This article is brought to you by 4th Street Commons, a dynamic community steps away from the Florida International University campus in beautiful Miami. To learn more about 4th Street Commons, please...
View ArticleMaking A Case For Study Abroad
In my room, there is a map hung on the wall above my desk. And when my eyes drift away from my school work (a little more often than is probably productive), they stare at that map. I find the little...
View Article4 Revolutionary Ideas That Came From Grad School Theses
This article is brought to you by Kaplan, the leader in test prep for over 90 standardized tests, including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT. For many of us undergraduates, graduate school may seem a long...
View ArticleHow To Motivate Your Student Tenants To Pay Rent On Time
Managing housing sites where college students live must be a very different endeavour than looking after other types of residents. Students keep strange hours and are almost always busy and stressed....
View ArticleHow To Show Your Student Employees You’re Thankful For Them
Students toil long and hard to first get internships and jobs, and then to maintain them with a diligent work ethic. We take our employment very seriously because we understand that this experience is...
View Article6 Tips For Moving In Winter
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View ArticleHow To Get Immersed In Charlottesville Culture
This article is brought to you by The Flats at West Village, a dynamic community steps away from the University of Virginia campus in beautiful Charlottesville. To learn more about The Flats at West...
View ArticleDon't Do What I Did: How To Ace Your Job Interview
Let me tell you a story about a failed job interview — well, more specifically, a summer internship interview. It was scheduled for 3:30, and I finished class across campus from the dorms at 3:00. It...
View Article9 Eye-Opening Things You’ll Discover Living In An Apartment
Living on your own is a learning experience. There’s no mom and dad to depend on for answering the little questions: Is this clean? How long should I put this in the microwave for? Has this milk gone...
View ArticleA Complete Guide To Stafford Loans
Going to college is expensive. Tuition, housing, books, food, it all adds up to quite a hefty amount. And for many of us, paying that large bill out of pocket is not entirely feasible. To alleviate...
View Article10 Best Amazon.com Roommate Gifts For Under $15
The holiday season is upon us — full of peppermint hot chocolates, fluffy slippers and scarves, and loads of cheery commercials. Lights are up around town, decorating trees and lampposts, and “Jingle...
View ArticleHow To Create A Stress-Free Internship Workspace
We all know internships can be stressful. With employers who expect quite a lot from students working out in the “real world” and our own desire to do everything that they ask for perfectly, these...
View ArticleRenting Furniture: What To Do With The Old Stuff
This article is brought to you by CORT, a subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway and the world’s largest furniture rental and relocation services company. To learn more about how we can help college students...
View Article5 Tips For Writing A Stellar Statement Of Interest
Remember when we were all just kids, without a care in the world, or a responsibility to worry about? Our lives revolved around playtime and our parents took care of the more practical side of things....
View Article4 New Year’s Reflections For Recruiters
With December’s end comes a time of contemplation and reflection. It is an opportunity to take a look at your year in review: the friends you made, the tasks you accomplished, the things you learned....
View ArticleHow To Treat Your Subtenants The Right Way
Subletting your place to new subtenants is a sensitive period of transition. It sets a precedent for how your subletter-subtenant relationship will continue on during your time together. And for this...
View Article6 Ways To Enjoy Winter From Inside Your Apartment
Being cooped up inside for the winter can get old pretty quick. For the first few days it is cozy and nice: days of drinking hot cocoa, curling up in warm blankets, and watching movies with friends....
View Article4 Essential Items To Pack When Moving Off-Campus
This article is brought to you by CORT, a subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway and the world’s largest furniture rental and relocation services company. To learn more about how we can help college students...
View ArticleThe Housing Amenities Students Want This Year
It’s impossible to provide everything students want out of a housing unit. The dreamy wish list is long: jacuzzi, free laundry service, room cleaning. Though of course, many of these demands are...
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