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Dos and Don'ts of Back to School Etiquette 27 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am
by Purvi S. Mody for StudentAdvisor.com Back to school season is upon us, and for most students that means new teachers, new classes, and new responsibilities. In order to have a successful year, no....
6 Reasons to Go Back to School in Your 30s - or beyond! 22 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
by Guillermo DiMaria for StudentAdvisor.com Julia Child didn’t learn to cook until she was 40, and she was 50 when she became a household name. Although he was told he was too old, opera singer Andr...
College Tuition Increasing Faster Than Inflation: How to Cut Costs 22 Aug 2013 | 07:44 pm
According to a recent NPR report, the cost of college has been increasing “faster than inflation, and family incomes can’t keep up.” In the 1970s, tuition at the University of California, Berkeley, wa...
What is an E-Commerce Degree, and Why Do I Want One? 21 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
What is e-commerce? You may have heard about e-commerce before, but what is it exactly? E-commerce involves doing business online using the Internet and “purchasing and selling products, information ...
LinkedIn’s New University Pages and The Top 100 Social Media Colleges 20 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
By Dean Tsouvalas Colleges and universities' social media worlds were rocked by LinkedIn's announcement of University Pages. When the team here at StudentAdvisor saw the new school pages, we were de...
Federal Student Loan Rates Go Down 13 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
On August 9, President Obama signed the Bipartisan Student Loan Act of 2013, which lowers Federal Student loan rates, retroactive to July 1, 2013. The new Federal student loan rates for the current...
Revealing Adversities in College Applications 13 Aug 2013 | 11:11 pm
It is both too difficult and too easy for 17-year-olds to look back on their lives and think about the adversities that they have faced. Some simply cannot remember a time in which they had to take a ...
Universities Using Vine 9 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
It seems the only thing that can keep up with our shortening attention spans are the social apps being released. Vine, released in January, allows people to create six-second video clips. Colleges and...
Return on Investment in Paying for College 6 Aug 2013 | 01:31 am
Paying for college is a big investment. A wise investor wants to know what the return on investment (ROI) will be, but how can you find the ROI for paying for college? And how can you figure out th...
Top 10 Tips to Reduce College Move-In Day Stress 5 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
by Heidi LeCount Move-in day for incoming freshmen is an exciting day. But with so many unknowns, it can also be quite stressful for first-year college students and their families. The best way to e...
