Most of you will be packing up and heading back home to spend quality time with Mom and Dad for the next few months now that school is out. Although some of you, I’m sure, are already moaning and groaning thinking about the fact you have to live in such close quarters with your parental [ Read More ]
Latest Cures | Monday May 20th, 2013
The College Commute: To Live On or Off Campus
Posted May 7, 2012 byThe time of transition from high school to college can be a bit overwhelming for students and their families. Increasing costs of education, including the cost of campus living, tosses kerosene on the charcoal and forcing many to turn to alternatives like accredited college classes online. However, for those still willing to take the plunge into [ Read More ]
Why Going to College and Living at Home Sucks
Posted May 3, 2012 byHigh school is over. You hung around the house all summer, throwing back more graduation parties than anyone person could possibly stomach, and you couldn’t be more ready for the next big step. For many high school graduates, that means College. As we all know, College means dorm life, dorm food, new friends and crazy [ Read More ]
No Excuses: Do What You Love
Posted May 2, 2012 byLast week, I wrote about the scary statistics of underemployment and unemployment for recent graduates. This week, I’m telling you to disregard that data. Yes, disregard all of that depressing statistical garbage you’ve been reading. While you should realize that some jobs don’t have high job placement rates (or high salaries), at the end of [ Read More ]
5 Websites/Apps I’m Obsessed With This Week
Posted April 30, 2012 byAnother week brings more Internet and smartphone gadgets to play with! While not all of these are brand spankin’ new, these are all still great resources for you to explore. Here’s what has made my list and has me “geeking out” this particular week: Instagram OK, you iPhone junkies might scoff at me for this [ Read More ]
1 in Every 2 Recent College Grads Jobless? Why?
Posted April 25, 2012 byAs if we didn’t have enough to worry about, a depressing statistic hit the news wires this week, claiming that 1 in every 2 recent college graduates are unemployed. Almost every single news outlet — here are some articles from The Atlantic, TIME, The Associated Press and NPR, to name a few — picked up [ Read More ]
On the Hunt: Summer 2012 Job Search
Posted April 25, 2012 byThe most wonderful time of the year is almost here. Summer 2012, is on its way everyone… and we all know what that means: Work! (Because, we obviously don’t have enough of that during the school year). For most of us, the job hunt is on. Whether we are going back to a summer job [ Read More ]
Things I Learned from Freshman Year
Posted April 24, 2012 byFreshman year of college is full of lessons learned and memories made. Here’s a look at some lessons learned from those in college now and those who have graduated.
Living On Nothing
Posted April 20, 2012 byBeing broke is what college is all about. Nothing teaches you more about budgeting than trying to eat, drink and have fun on a very strict budget. Sometimes we look back at our college experience and wonder how we made through those weeks where we had to make twenty bucks last through weekend and still [ Read More ]
