Step To Preparing College

It is never too early and it is never too late to start thinking about college. Nevertheless, early is always better.

What are you and your child doing to prepare for college?

THE EARLY YEARS

Begin college preparation in kindergarten, young students are receptive to thinking about college. Spend the early years exploring study methods, reading and experiencing life, find opportunities that increase curiosity and open the mind to creative and organized thought processes. Foster goal oriented thinking and time management skills in the child, so in the future they will have the tools to keep themselves on task.

Young students are especially successful at learning languages and music, even a child as young as four or five can start taking piano or keyboard lessons. If you have the means to expose them to a second language through travel or tutoring, give it a try, children can pick up second languages much faster than adults.

Of course, it is never too early to open a college savings account.

JUNIOR HIGH

By junior high, students should have a solid understanding of mathematics and be able to compose logical, grammatically correct essays.

Establish a

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Things You Should Know About College Admission

Are you overwhelmed with the college search and college admissions process?
If you are a first timer in the college search arena, you will be overwhelmed by the amount of information that you will have to plow through in order to get all of the information that you need to make a well-informed decision. The college search process is cumbersome to say the least even for the seasoned student/parent because of the amount of information that you will have to go through before you can send out your application.

You will use college view books, college handbooks and the Internet to get most of the information that you will need in this process. Your guidance counselor/college adviser will provide you with guidance that will point you in the right direction. You and your parents will do most of the legwork.

What do colleges look for in a prospective student?
The most important piece that the college admissions representatives are looking for in a prospective student is the strength of your transcript. A transcript is a record of your grades from freshman year in high school to

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Why You Need Saving Money For College Book

College text books are expensive! It is not unusual to have to spend upwards of $500 on text books in just one full-time semester. Fortunately, there are ways of reducing that bill, if you are willing to do some research and footwork. Here are some great tips for saving money on college text books:

Used books. Most college books stores allow you the option of purchasing your textbooks either new or used. There’s no reason not to buy used and save some money. Just be sure to shop early, because many times, the used books sell out before the new ones do.

eBooks. If you have an eReader like Nook or Kindle, then you should consider getting eBooks send straight to your device. Barnes & Noble has partnered with a number of college bookstores to offer eBooks that cost only a fraction of their paper-book counterparts.

Discount online booksellers. There are some great online booksellers where you may be able to find your textbooks for deeply discounted rates. Better yet, try an online seller that specializes in college text books, like textbookx.com, for the best selection

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How To Find College That Fit On You

In trying to decide what type of college will best meet your wants and needs there are many things to consider. Listed below are some of the factors you will need to consider in deciding where you want to go to college.

Type of institution- Private or Public. College or University. Church sponsored.

Colleges can be either public or private. Public colleges are those that are supported by the state in which they are located. Many highly ranked colleges in the United States are state-supported institutions. These colleges can often provide an excellent education at a price for an in-state resident that is much less than comparable private colleges. At the early stages of your investigation, I would encourage you to consider both private and public colleges.

While private colleges frequently cost more than comparable state institutions, they often have the financial means to offer generous need-based or scholarship-based financial aid. This aid can make the cost of a private college the same or less than attending your state college.

Many of the more selective private universities and colleges have a religious affiliation. The extent of spiritual influence varies. But at the beginning of your college search, we strongly encourage you to investigate

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Benefit Choose The Right College For You

If you are a high school senior or junior making decisions about the college you will attend and your goal is to graduate with a good job, you should think about a few issues that are seldom discussed. Since the cumulative effect of your choices can greatly impact the number of employers that will want to interview you in your senior year of college, wise students carefully think about each decision.

When evaluating colleges, most students and parents consider factors such as:

– Accreditation
– Admission Requirements
– Grant/Scholarship Money
– Tuition, Room & Board
– Size, Location and Environment
– Distance from Home
– Safety and Security
– Class Size
– Dorms
– Medical Facilities
– Campus Activities, Entertainment & Sports
– Gut Feelings

Although those college selection factors are important, there are other considerations that should also be evaluated. Here are a few things that may affect your chances for finding a good job when you graduate.

Reputation Of The College– Students should apply to the best colleges they can afford, colleges with a good reputation in their field of interest. A good college reputation will help when you begin to look for a job. Even if you are still uncertain

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Passing Grade At College

Parents and students are experiencing college costs that are straining nearly every family budget. In order to cover those costs, families are being forced to make the very tough choices and huge sacrifices that will affect them for the next twenty or thirty years. And yet, year after year, most colleges continue to raise tuition by five, six or even seven percent. With parents receiving low or no pay increases in this bad economy, those tuition increases don’t seem right.

If the truth be known, the goals of college parents can be quite different from the goals of colleges and their leaders. Because that difference can be large, it is starting to become a problem for some parents and their college-age children. So, let’s get it out in the open. What exactly do parents want and expect from colleges today? Parents want colleges to:

Minimize Tuition, Room and Meal Costs – Parents want colleges to do everything possible to keep their costs down. Since many families have two and three children, it is becoming the norm for them to spend huge sums of money to put their children through college. Now that the cost of a college education has grown to

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All About College Planning

College Planning

Graduation ceremonies abound this time of year. It is a reminder that college expenses are just around the corner.

18 years ago, parents might have begun saving for their child’s college costs with a Uniform Gift to Minors Act (UGMA) or a Uniform Transfer to Minors Act (UTMA). This is an account that is set up in the minor’s name. A parent may be the custodian on the account.

These were popular because the earnings were taxed at the child’s tax rate. Tax laws eventually changed and now the first $1,000 is tax exempt. The amount between $1,000 and $2,000 is taxed at the child’s rate. Amounts over $2,000 are taxed at the parent’s rate.

The amount you may accumulate in an UGMA is unlimited. However, the annual gift tax amount does apply which is currently at $14,000.

There aren’t any restrictions on how the money may be used. It can be used for travel costs to the college, off campus housing, clothing, medical insurance etc. Monies can also be used on behalf of the child prior to college such as private schooling and summer camps. However, basic needs of the child need to be paid by the parents or guardians.

Unlike some college

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Online College Experience

It is one thing to be an excellent teacher and it is another to know how to continue earning a living from teaching after teacher layoffs. The primary reason for this is that economic survival as an intellectual isn’t on the course list in graduate school. For some reason the idea that dedicated public school educators could suddenly find themselves unemployed as a result of massive budget cuts is not available to professors that teach future public school teachers. Fortunately is it possible for a teacher with an earned graduate degree, a Ph.D. or master degree, to convert academic and intellectual strength into an online teaching citadel by learning how to acquire online adjunct instructor jobs with post-secondary academic institutions. The growth of online bachelor degree programs and online master degree programs is creating many online teaching positions that must be filled by technically adept and academic qualified online adjunct instructors. The alert educators should realize by now that making the effort to learn how to teach online for multiple online degree programs is one of the best ways to construct a viable financial fortress in these troubled times.

The teacher layoffs seem to have taken a great number of

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The Differences Between Community College and Traditional College

Community colleges are becoming a popular option for many students, especially those for whom a traditional college course is beyond their academic or financial means. A recent study conducted by the American Association of community colleges found that 4 in 10 first-time freshmen attend a 2-year community college course rather than taking a full 4-year course. Why not take a look at our guide below to help you decide if Community College could be the right route to success for you?

What Is a Community College?
Most community colleges offer 2-year courses at an affordable rate in many locations. The reasons for students choosing a community college include:

  • To start earning basic credits which can be transferred to a 4-year college course.
  • To follow a 2 year associate’s degree or certificate program in preparation for a particular career.
  • To find out more about a potential new career, learn new skills with an eye to a specific area of employment, or simply to follow a personal interest.

Why choose a Community College?
Community colleges offer advantages to any student, but are particularly suitable for those who fall into the following categories.

  • Cost of traditional college is too high. Tuition fees at most community colleges are usually much
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Things College Student Should Know

I’m not currently a college student. Haven’t been one for awhile…at least in the undergraduate sense of things. But I hang out with college students. I work with college students. And I work full time at a University as the Director of Campus Life (the coolest on-campus job in the world).

Plus…I really like college students.

It’s one of the greatest times in life. When do any of us ever get to hang out with hundreds of friends for four, five…dare I say…six years? It’s like going to camp..except they give you homework and you have to read 800 pages a night.

So if I could sit you down, with a slow drip of coffee being shared between us (intravenously or by the cupful if you prefer), and share some ways that I believe you could not only make the most of your time in college, but really, really enjoy it and succeed at it – here’s what I’d say…

1. Meet people.

One day you’ll walk across a stage, and a very smart looking man or woman in a really nice, long, black gown will hand you a piece of paper that says “Bachelor” (even if you’re a girl!) on it. You’ll graduate from

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Saving For College

Start Early

Planning and financing for college begins well before high school. Selecting the elementary school your child needs to attend is as important as deciding which high school or college to attend. A proper foundation for learning is of utmost importance for college admission and scholarship consideration.

Make Appropriate Course Selections

Selecting the right curriculum in elementary, high school, and college are linked. Being ready for college while positioning oneself for scholarship and other financing is a process. The transition from elementary, middle school, and high school to college is determined by taking the right classes like upper-level math and science, foreign language, honors’ classes, and Advanced Placement (AP) classes. Boosting the GPA with these classes is important in class rank and college entrance.

Talk To Your Child

College planning is a family concern. Since a college degree is essential for students and the cost of a college education continues to rise, a collective effort is needed. Waiting until high school for parents to speak to their child about college, actually doesn’t make sense. Without communication, the child may develop the assumption that all is well and that the parents have planned to pay for his/her college expenses. Parents may think that they

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College For Autism Children

Autism, a neurological-based developmental disability, affects an estimated one in 166 people, according to a 2004 study by the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. Both children and adults with Autism typically show difficulties in verbal and nonverbal communication, social interactions and leisure or play activities, according to the Autism Society of America. Autism affects individuals differently and to varying degrees.

Experts agree on the following advice upon detection of Autism:

1. Seek immediate treatment for your child.

2. If possible, find someone to work with the child at least 20 hours a week, i.e. a therapist, teacher, parent, grandparent or someone from your church or group. Look for progress after one month.

3. Do not allow the child to sit and watch TV all day. Get them engaged and play as many games as possible that require taking turns.

4. New parents learning they have an autistic child must recognize immediately that they cannot do it all by themselves. They should immediately contact Autism societies or chapters to find resources, join support groups and talk with other families about their experiences.

5. Help the child to develop their areas of strength, particularly among high-functioning students with Asperger’s Syndrome (a neurobiological condition characterized by normal intelligence and

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College Secret You Should Know

Those responsible for generating college entrance applications routinely quote studies that your earning power after graduation is higher than if you don’t attend a four year college or university.

Beyond the basic desire take that next step, there are some good reasons to get a college degree. If your chosen profession mandates it, you’re going to college. If your family history is with a particular school, and you’re determined not to break the tradition, off you go.

For most, however, college implies the expectation of future financial success and career mobility. Several years as a financial planner, educator and business person have taught me to challenge the assertions of large institutions like colleges and universities when their self-preservation is involved. When they are right, I freely admit it. When they are not, I discuss it.

There are at least five reasons – as far as your future is concerned – to challenge institutional marketing and thinking from colleges as either wrong, suspect or seriously flawed. Exploring these reasons as they relate to your future will serve as a protective factor in your decision-making. They could well confirm your decision to go to college or provide a sound basis for considering other options.

Timing

If you

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All About College Debt

“Had the people who started Facebook decided to stay at Harvard, they would not have been able to build the company, and by the time they graduated in 2006, that window probably would have come and gone.” – Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal.

Ever since I can remember, I was inculcated with the belief that in order to truly succeed in America, you have to get at least a 4 year degree from a prestigious university; even if it means taking on a ton of debt that you may work your entire adult life to pay off.

I also came to believe that if you really want to stay on the top of the heap, then you need to take on even more debt and get a graduate degree, hence my own post-graduate alphabet soup, including law school.

In high schools across the nation, statistics are still being trotted out by guidance counselors to “prove” that young people have no chance of success without that high-priced sheepskin, or that, if they somehow manage to land a job without one, they will never get promoted and will be stuck in bottom-of-the-ladder limbo land for all eternity.

Twenty years ago, the idea that “you have to

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Tips To Categorize Your Book

Categorizing your book is one of the biggest challenges you may face when you try to get your book published. Whether you place your book with an agent or publisher or you publish the book yourself, to ensure its success it is essential that you are able to correctly categorize it.

While categorizing, you will find what you have written fitting into any one of the following nine categories: trade, professional, scholarly and university press book, college text book, elementary high school text book, juvenile book, mass market paperback, subscription reference book and religious book. You can rightly categorize your book if you are conversant with the general parameters for each category. Read on for details.

Trade book: Books that are written for the general reader having fictional or non-fictional content are placed in this category. They are known as trade books because their distribution is targeted through retail store sales, rather than through book clubs, mail order or premium sales. Fictional trade books include romantic novels, thrillers and literary novels. Trade books that are non-fictional would be bibliographies, self help books, how to or DIY books etc. In short, anything that is sold through retail stores with a typical trade discount.

Professional

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All About Sell Your College Books

Most people do not know that you can sell used college books. College students know this as these services are advertised all around campus. In fact, college texts have gotten so expensive that students have a tendency to not write in their books as they can get a higher price for them when there is no underling and the dreaded yellow marker.

But for those people who go out and purchase college materials for resale, college text books are a good possibility of profits.

Publishers do not print new editions each year. So, used books are a better value for students. College text sell for big bucks – hundreds of dollar. It is a major expense in attending college.

This means big profits for the publishers. Some of these end up in places where buyers, or book scouts, can find them and sell them.

Most people do not know that there is a college price guide prepared for people who deal in used materials. The market in the bigger cities is a goldmine for those who want to work the market. Students want to purchase them, Used Book Stores want to purchase them and resale them, and everybody wants to make a profit.

This does

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Why Ebook Is Better Than Paper Book For College

The Apple iPad makes a great way to carry several books on a small 1.5 pound device rather than carry several heavy books wherever you go. The large memory of this device makes it the perfect device for college text books. College books on the iPad have several advantages over the traditional textbook.

Textbooks on the iPad allow the student to electronically highlight important pieces of text. In addition, the iPad has the capability of recording lecture notes. The search feature which is included allows students to find passages quickly.

Many textbook publishers have already begun to publish electronic versions of their textbooks. Currently many books are already available for use on the Kindle and it is expected that iPad versions will be available for just as many of the books. One complaint of many students is that there is little savings afforded by the e-books. At least one website, however is offering unlimited downloads of textbooks as well as any other books on the site for a one time membership fee with no per book download fee.

One of the greatest advantages of using electronic books is that they are easier to transport from place to place. Most traditional college books

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Tips For Making Book Stores

Running your own home book store is fun, profitable and an ideal choice for many people who want to start a low-risk home business. You can start part-time, avoiding the high cost of storefront rent, yet at the same time you can sell used books, textbooks and music CDs and to anyone, anywhere across the country or around the world if you choose.

The actual number of books you need to get started with your own home-based book store varies by how fast you want to get going. You could start with 100 books — you’ll probably sell 10-15% of the books you list within the first month — so if you want to sell more and grow your business quicker, then it will be better to have 1,000 or more used books on hand before you start. Don’t be afraid to start with the books you already own, but stay on the lookout for more quick sellers to expand your business.

FUNDING A HOME-BASED USED BOOKSTORE

Start-up funding will likely be a bootstrap venture in most cases. Two-thirds of all business start-ups like a home book store get funded by credit card cash advances, tapping into savings accounts, or borrowing from a

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Tips To Get A Cheap College Book

Most students are unaware they can buy college books for cheap by simply utilizing online merchants. College is already overwhelmingly expensive, and tuition rates steadily rise, yet schools are still finding ways to siphon more money out of empty pockets. Higher education has known for years, of the ability to buy affordable textbooks. They simply ignored the concept, because their number one priority is revenue.

Universities and colleges never make it mandatory to use their bookstore, and they certainly never explain the possibility of saving money on textbooks. Students will typically buy books listed on a syllabus that most likely hints at finding help in their campus bookstore. Parents and students are oblivious to the steep price markups of campus-bought textbooks, it is not the manufacturer receiving those extra funds. Suddenly, online vendors providing these portals for cheaper books have become a liberator.

Merchants Selling College Books for Cheap

There are several reliable online bookstores selling college textbooks at deep discounts. Here is a word to the wise do not procrastinate start the search as soon as you receive your textbook list. Deeply discounted books sell out quickly leaving students in a panic with fewer opportunities.

Students seeking to buy new or used college

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All About College Books

College books are getting more and more expensive every year. University course textbooks are one of the biggest expenses of attending college and the average amount of money needed for college books is $800 per year. The cost of college textbooks is also constantly increasing by around 6% per year. Textbooks are essential for most college courses and can often seem impossible to afford however, it is possible for college students to save quite a bit of money on their books by shopping smart.

One of the best ways to save on spending a lot of money on college books is to borrow them instead of purchasing them. University libraries have a good stock of required reading books that students can use on the premises throughout their course and help lessen the impact of not having enough money for actually purchasing college books. Naturally the majority of savvy students have cottoned on to the fact that they too can save money on college books by using the ones stocked by the library so it may be difficult to be able to find the book not in use on a regular basis. If you plan ahead and set aside a few

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