High School Students

Beach Reads: Your Perfect Summer Reading List — Everybody loves the last day of school. The tension is palpable, focus is practically nonexistent, and everybody is finishing last-minute yearbook signings before that final bell rings to usher in summer break. Most people don’t want to think about doing anything remotely academic during the summer, but there is something […]

Beachy Reads: Your Perfect Summer Reading List

This entry was posted in Recreation on June 5, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

Four Ways to Get Through Allergy Season — When allergy season comes into full swing, there are a few things you can do to alleviate your symptoms. Aside from spring cleaning and taking excessive Zyrtec, you can kick that stuffy nose to the curb with a few holistic wellness tricks. Not only are over-the-counter drugs expensive for students […]

Four Ways to Get through Allergy Season

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on May 26, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

Discovering Local Scholarships — With the price of tuition skyrocketing at many colleges and universities, you may be hoping to land a scholarship to cover at least some of your educational costs. Websites like Chegg, Fast Web, and Scholarships.com are great resources to use for an inital search. These sites will prompt you to […]

Discovering Your Local Scholarship Network

This entry was posted in Money and Financial Aid on May 24, 2016 by Megan Reynolds

Aaron Mayer talks about taking a gap year before college. — As Aaron Mayer’s graduation approached, the traditional route straight from high school to college did not appeal to him. Instead, he took a gap year. His school, the Abraham Joshua Heschel High School, helped him find a program: Kivunim, based in Israel, allows young intellectuals to gain an understanding of […]

My College Story: Why I Suggest a Gap Year

This entry was posted in My College Story on May 21, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

College Athlete Myths — Here’s a disclaimer right up front. Since the NCAA is the largest and most well-known athletic association, I’m going to stick to it for the purposes of this blog post. If you’re interested in other athletic associations (NJCAA, NAIA, USCAA, etc.), feel free to read this list and explore more […]

Myths of the Collegiate Athlete

This entry was posted in Extracurricular on May 20, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Time Management Tips for College Students — Procrastination is poison to college students, many of whom put things off until only one thing is piled higher than work: stress. Don’t avoid the library throughout semester; it won’t bite. There’s nothing worse than failing an assignment that you could have aced just because you didn’t leave yourself with […]

Time Management Tips for College Students: A Cheat Sheet

This entry was posted in Study Skills on May 17, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

Preparing for AP and IB Exams: Advice from Student Caffe — It’s the end of the school year, and students everywhere are feeling the pressure to pass exams. For high school juniors and seniors, AP and IB exams carry enough weight to tip the scales between failure and success. These exams are about three hours long and are the determining factor […]

Preparing for AP and IB Exams: Advice from Student Caffé

This entry was posted in Finishing High School on May 9, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

Five Language Learning Resources as Recommended by a Spanish Major — Of the students who take a second language in middle and high school, many struggle to put together a sentence after graduation. When I took Spanish classes, I watched some of my classmates flip through flashcards and memorize conjugation charts the day before big tests. They received A’s and B’s, […]

Five Language-Learning Resources as Recommended by a Spanish Major

This entry was posted in Study Skills on May 9, 2016 by Gwen Elise

Ways to Stay Fit in College and Why You Should Get Fit to Finish the School Year — As summer quickly approaches, many of us jump on the treadmill to lose the extra weight from winter. There are even more valuable benefits to a regular work out regime than weight loss, though, especially as the end of the school year nears. Exercise is a mood-boosting, health-promoting, brain-gaining, all […]

The Truth: Why You Should Get Fit to Finish the School Year

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on May 6, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

How to Help a Friend Who Is an Addict — Today is the funeral for an old friend of mine who tragically lost a long battle with drug addiction. Today, I’m lost, looking back at what I had done and what I could have done. When I think of him, I am especially saddened by how young he was when […]

How to Help a Friend with a Drug or Alcohol Dependency

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on April 28, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

Understanding My Financial Aid Letter feat. Justin Bieber — May is quickly approaching, which means that you need to send in a sizeable down payment to reserve your spot at a college stat. But because it’s kind of last minute, you’re struggling like Britney Spears in 2007. Your financial aid letters are a little more complicated than you thought […]

Understanding the Financial Aid Letter Featuring Justin Bieber

This entry was posted in Money and Financial Aid on April 26, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

What to Do if You're Waitlisted — You’ve been anxiously awaiting an admissions decision for months. Time ticks by slowly as you debate the two scenarios: acceptance or rejection from your favorite college. When you finally receive the letter in the mail or your inbox, you realize you didn’t prepare for this. It says you are neither […]

You Got Waitlisted: What to Do and How to Handle It

This entry was posted in Admissions on April 24, 2016 by Megan Reynolds