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Get Prepared For Your Final Exams

With your final exams looming, months of attending class, taking notes, studying and research will reveal if your hard work has paid off. Hopefully, you are not cramming for your exams, rather you have been working carefully toward taking your finals with an eye to getting the best possible grades.

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4 Driving Tips for College Students at Winter Break

As college students finish up the fall semester to enjoy a break over Christmas and into the new year, many will find themselves making the long trip from campus to their homes far away. For some students, that trip will be by car as they take their personal transportation on roads that might be fraught with wintry dangers.

Personal Advice

Student Legal Services and the College Student

Let’s face it: there may come a time while you are enrolled in college that you run into some sort of legal trouble. Your parents may not be in a position to help you out and hiring an attorney on your own can be prohibitive.

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Christmas Break Job Opportunities and Tips

Whether you call it “Christmas break” or “Winter Recess,” you’re about to enjoy a much-needed and deserved scaling back of your academic pursuits until Jan. From now until nearly Christmas Eve, thousands of colleges will be giving students time off, with those on a semester schedule typically ending their fall semester to coincide with the holidays.

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What Are the Pros and Cons of Attending College?

If you are considering attending college, you may have some ideas about what you want to study and even have plans in place for life beyond academia.

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College Students and Christmas Break Jobs

Christmas break will be here before you know it. Some colleges finish the semester up by the first week of Dec., beginning a five-week break before classes resume in mid-Jan.

Campus Cars

New Drive: 2014 Toyota Corolla LE Eco

The Toyota Corolla is all new again, as the 11th generation model has rolled out for the 2014 model year. Corolla is the best selling vehicle in the world and has been part of the American marketplace for more than 45 years.

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College Freshmen: How to Make the Most of Your First Year

Few students register for college with the intent to fail or drop out. Unfortunately, by the end of your freshman year, one in three of your first-year classmates will quit according to US News and World Reports.

Campus Life

Cheap Renters Insurance Tips and Advice

If you rent an apartment or a house, you may not be covered in the event your home is robbed or damaged following a fire, storm or other circumstance. You cannot count on your landlord making you whole, but you can count on an insurance company to step in provided you have renters insurance.

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Making Friends and Your College Experience

Chances are you do an excellent job of “friending” people on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. And that is easy to do: you simply “like” someone or send a friend request, and you may gain a new contact almost instantaneously.

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College Checklist: 3 Must Haves for College

A quick infographic on the 3 must haves for College. A helpful guide for students starting school this fall.

College Living

Dorm Room Closet Organization Strategies

One area of surprise for incoming college freshman when they complete freshman orientation is their dorm room. Not just the personality of their dorm buddy, but the layout of the entire room.