Category Archives: Higher Education

Becoming a Financially Savvy College Student

‘Financially Savvy College Student’ is not an oxymoron. It’s a possibility if you want it to be. Acing your finances while college can set you up for bigger success down the road. The best part? It doesn’t take a ton of money to do it. If you have just half an hour or so this…

Seniors Start Your College Applications Now

Seniors, it’s time to get started on your college applications. “School starts up again within a month, and if you’re a senior, you’d best get organized when it comes to college admissions. You’ll be busy – to put it mildly – with your classes and extracurricular involvement, so you won’t have time to dedicate to your…

10 Mobile Apps to Make Parents’ Lives Easier at Back To School Time

It’s back-to-school time and for most parents, that means crazy schedules, less time for dinners, and much more time on the go.  With less time and more responsibilities, mobile apps can help make your life easier. Check out these 10 mobile apps that will make your life easier as your kids head back to school….

Finding Pictures for School Projects

Before I started seriously writing on the web, I never gave much thought to how I obtained photos. The day I discovered a little gem called “Google images,” I felt as if I had hit pay dirt. And then words like copyright infringement, fines, and plagiarism started swirling around and put the fear that whomever…

Time line for getting ready for college

Today’s guest post on the AboutOne blog comes from Stephen Friedfeld, the co-founder of EqualApp (http://www.equalapp.com), an online college admissions counseling program that improves applicants’ chances of getting into college. Thinking about college? If so, remember – the college admissions process is complicated, but organization and advanced planning can alleviate stress and make applying more…

Get started in the college admissions process

Today’s guest post on the AboutOne blog comes from Stephen Friedfeld, the co-founder of EqualApp (http://www.equalapp.com), an online college admissions counseling program that improves applicants’ chances of getting into college. It’s 2011. Do you know where your child is… in the college admissions process? Seniors’ college applications have been sent out. For younger students, January…

How to Prepare Your Child for College

Today’s guest post on the AboutOne blog comes from Stephen Friedfeld, the co-founder of EqualApp (http://www.equalapp.com), an online college admissions counseling program that improves applicants’ chances of getting into college. It’s never too early for you and your child to start thinking about college. In reality, most freshmen and sophomores consider college to be far…

Get active in High School!

Today’s guest post on the AboutOne blog comes from Stephen Friedfeld, the co-founder of EqualApp (http://www.equalapp.com), an online college admissions counseling program that improves applicants’ chances of getting into college. As seniors wrap up their applications this month, younger students – freshmen, sophomores, and juniors – should look to the future and ask themselves a…

Share a Meal

When I was a freshman, my roommates and I did something that I wished I had done all through college—roommate dinners. The first week of the semester, my 5 roommates and I decided that we would each take a night to cook for everyone, and then on Sunday we would all pitch in and cook…

Running for Strength of Mind and Body

I like to run and I enjoy the exercise, but like too many other college students I get so caught up in studying and  writing papers that I rarely have time to just hang out with my roommates and friends, let alone go for a run.  So when my mother suggested I do just that,…