Going to college can be one of the most difficult and challenging parts of your academic career. It can also, however, be one of the most rewarding. Whether you need help choosing a major, dealing with roommates, or keeping yourself physically and mentally healthy, there is a multitude of resources available to you. The following includes some advice and suggestions for dealing with some of the more difficult parts of college.
Choosing a Major
- Choosing a Major This article provides several tips for choosing a major in college.
- Major Quiz This brief quiz can help you determine some areas you might be interested in majoring in.
- Common Myths This article describes five common myths about choosing a major.
- How to Choose a Major This article not only helps students choose a major, but also offers additional resources on the subject.
- The Importance of a Major This article describes why choosing a major is important and how students can do so, as well as how they can declare it.
- Changing Your Mind This article explains how choosing a major does not set anything in stone, and helps students who are having a difficult time making up their mind.
Roommates/Living
- Living With Roommates This article provides tips on living with others and describes your responsibilities as a roommate.
- Sharing a Living Space This article provides brief tips on how to successfully share a living space with another person.
- Resolving Roommate Conflicts This article provides information and suggestions for resolving conflicts between roommates.
- Roommate Contract This is a suggested outline for a contract that all roommates can sign to ensure living together is as peaceful as possible.
- The Roommate Guide This document provides answers to many of the questions new college students have when planning to live with a roommate.
- A Survival Guide This article provides information on effective communication, conflict resolution, and how to get outside help when needed.
Money Management
- Student Money Management Guide This website offers tips and information for college students concerning money.
- Money and Stress This article focuses on how money can be stressful, and steps college students can take to reduce that stress.
- Student Loans This article describes the different types of student loans available to students.
- GI Bill For veterans of the armed services, the GI Bill can not only help you pay for tuition, but also for living expense while you’re enrolled in college.
- College Living Expense This calculator can help you determine how much money you will need to live off of during college.
Study Skills
- Lecture Note Taking This article provides tips and tricks for taking notes during a lecture.
- Studying With Intensity This page describes ways to effectively study for classes, tests and exams.
- Tips for Effective Study This article gives tips for every day studying, using your textbook and preparing for assignments.
- Mock Exams This document provides suggestions for creating mock exams to help you prepare for the real thing.
- Preparing for Final Exams This article gives a general outline of ways to effectively prepare for your final exams.
- Research Resources This page provides several documents to help you choose a research project and prepare it.
Relationships
- Homesickness This article will give you ideas on how to deal with homesickness, something that the majority of new college students face.
- 12 Ways to Cope This article provides twelve tips to cope with homesickness.
- International Relationships This article provides suggestions for those studying abroad who may enter into a relationship.
- Violence Fact Sheet This article provides information and statistics on the violence that can occur when dating in college.
- Dating ABCs This article provides several tips for dating in college.
Jobs/Work Study
Managing Time
- Managing For Success This article provides information and suggestions for managing your time in college.
- Managing Time This article provides suggestions for effectively managing your time in college and why learning how to do it can make you more successful and less stressed.
- 4 Keys This article offers four keys to managing your time in college.
- Getting Organized This article will help you get better organized so you can manage your time effectively.
- Time Strategies This article gives you ideas for finding time to study and increasing motivation.
Sleep
- 10 Tips This article provides 10 tips for getting better sleep.
- How to Sleep Better This article will give you ideas on how to get the best night sleep possible.
- Healthy Sleep Tips This article will help you understand how to sleep in a healthful way.
- Get Better Sleep This article offers 10 effective tips for getting a good night’s sleep.
- College Kids and Sleep This site will provide you with four useful tips for sleeping well.
- 50 Tips This article provides 50 fantastic tips for falling and staying asleep.
Exercise/Athletics
Food/Nutrition
Graduate School
- Choosing a Grad School This article provides helpful information on choosing a graduate school and a list of tests that may need to be completed before acceptance.
- Modest Advice for Graduate Students This article provides harsh yet insightful advice for graduate students.
- How to Be a Good Graduate Student This research paper explores, in depth, what it takes to succeed in graduate school.
- From Application to Career This article provides advice and suggestions for applying to graduate school, going through graduate school and what to do afterwards.
- Getting In This article provides advice from both an admissions officer and a graduate student on how to get into a school.
Scholarships
- Scholarship Search This massive search engine will help you find the scholarships you qualify for.
- Scholarships This website provides a comprehensive search of many of the scholarships available for college students.
- Tips and Advice This article provides suggestions on applying for scholarships and tips on choosing them.
- Scholarship Types This article provides a list of the different types of scholarships available to new college students.
- Types of Grants This website provides a list of the different types of college grants available.
Counseling/Adjustment
- Adjusting to College Life This article provides good tips for making the transition between high school and college.
- Adjusting to College This article, written by a student, describes what types of adjustments are needed to acclimate to college life.
- Living on Your Own This article describes how you can adjust to living outside of your parent’s house.
- Advice for Freshmen This article describes eight things that college freshmen should remember when adjusting to college life.
- First Year Students This article provides simple yet effective tips for first year students.
