When I told my friends that I’d decided to go to college in Minnesota, I was met by incredulous stares and questions of “But why?” and “Isn’t it freezing there all the time?” The answers? “Carleton is the best school for me,” and “No, not all the time.” But I’ll […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
After braving a couple of brutal winters in my college town of Poughkeepsie, New York, I wanted a respite from the snow and below-freezing temperatures. Study abroad was my chance to move to a “warm” climate, and I chose Buenos Aires, Argentina, as my destination as soon as I learned […]
Packing for a Warm Climate: What to Wear and Where to Shop
If you’re looking for the perfect student checking account that won’t charge you a monthly fee, the good news is that you have options. The bad news is that you have a lot of options—maybe too many. Almost all of the biggest banks and some regional banks and credit unions have affordable […]
No-Fee Student Checking Accounts
Most college students move into dorms or apartments for the duration of the school year and then pack up and either store their belongings over the summer while they move home or move into another apartment for the summer due to a job or internship. The constant moving and packing […]
What to Bring to College: Dorm “Essentials” for New Students
Un idioma no es algo fácil de obtener a la perfección; hay que estudiar mucho y para mejorar tus habilidades debes practicar lo oral y lo escrito. Hay algunas opciones para practicar la parte oral como ya te hemos contado en nuestro último artículo. Mientras una de ellas es hacer un […]
Libros y revistas en inglés para estudiantes de cada nivel
For high school and college students alike, getting a bad grade can cause disappointment, fear, anger, embarrassment, and grief. Those emotions are difficult enough to manage, but students who have to break the news to their families undergo additional anxiety. Talking to your parents about a bad grade is never […]
How to Talk to Your Parents about a Bad Grade
Whether you’re headed off to college and your partner is still in high school, or you and your partner are headed to different colleges, or you met your partner on a study abroad program and want to continue the relationship after you both go back to your home countries, there […]
Long-Distance Relationships: Worth It?
Some people are lucky enough to walk straight from college graduation into the next steps of their career (looking at you, doctors and lawyers), but others take a more meandering path. My path led me from college to the National Park Service, to a French bistro, to graduate school, and […]
Life Skills that Will Help You Both at School and in Your Career
Whether you’re moving into your first apartment after graduating high school or finishing up college and moving to a new town to start your first job as an “adult,” you’re probably going to need to furnish your new home. Furnishing a whole house, though, can be really expensive. You need […]
Furniture to Buy New and What’s Okay to Buy Used
Ah, the dog days of summer! No school. Blue skies. Long days. All signs point to one thing: summer music festival season is upon us at last. Many college students spend parts of summer break at music festivals all over the United States, and the photos they post to Instagram—the […]
Preparing for a Summer Music Festival
When you live with your parents, you probably aren’t taking total responsibility for household chores. Your parents may take care of the laundry, cooking, dishes, and general household maintenance. When you move out though, you’re going to need to be able to hold your own. While this is especially pertinent […]
Must-Have Skills for Living on Your Own the First Time
There are posters for the Excelsior Scholarship all over the walls of the NYC subway stations I frequent. They proudly proclaim that the scholarship allows any New York resident to attend public, in-state two-year and four-year colleges for free if their families make up to $125,000. It’s a big deal; […]