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Studying Marine Biology in New Jersey

Studying Marine Biology in New Jersey

By AlyssaEDU on October 25, 2011

What is Marine Biology? As human beings, we can only inhabit 29 percent of the world’s surface due to our inability to live on or under the water. Seventy one percent of the world’s surface is accounted for by the oceans. If this sounds staggering, consider that the oceans encompass nearly 300 times the habitable [...]

Posted in Careers, Choosing a College, Madison, New Brunswick, Pomona, Teaneck | Tagged academics, accredited institution, colleges, colleges in new jersey, education, job, new jersey colleges, rutgers, schools in new jersey | Leave a response

The Cardinal Rule When You Start College: Know Your Professors

The Cardinal Rule When You Start College: Know Your Professors

By AlyssaEDU on November 2, 2010

Your freshman year is the best time to know your professors and develop a great student-professor relationship. E-mail them with questions and things you enjoyed in their classes. You are not brown-nosing them, you are just letting them know you have been paying attention and truly care about your education.

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Worst College in NJ

Worst College in NJ

By AlyssaEDU on September 27, 2010

Rutgers, Princeton and TCNJ are unquestionably the best of all the schools in the state of New Jersey. But unfortunately there are more than just those three. There are places like Rowan, Montclair, and William Paterson in the state as well. However, while these may not be the best overall or anywhere near it, despite what Forbes Magazine says, they are also just as far from the worst in the state too. So really if these uncelebrated schools are down that far, what could possibly be lower?

Posted in Choosing a College | Tagged community colleges, educational values, montclair, new jersey colleges, princeton, rowan, rutgers, state of new jersey, tcnj, william paterson | Leave a response

New Jersey Colleges in 20 Years

New Jersey Colleges in 20 Years

By AlyssaEDU on September 26, 2010

Students who are presently in school are probably not thinking about what their schools will be like in twenty years… They will have been long graduated. But they still don’t care what the college is presently like simply because they, their friends and their teachers are likely no longer there. It isn’t their college anymore. But [...]

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Overcrowding at New Jersey Schools

Overcrowding at New Jersey Schools

By AlyssaEDU on September 24, 2010

The economy has obviously taken a huge toll on the nation as a whole. People are losing money everywhere you look and have to cut corners any way they can. One of the easiest things to do is to stop sending your kids off to extremely expensive private colleges that don’t really benefit the kids [...]

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NJ Colleges and Mass Transit

NJ Colleges and Mass Transit

By AlyssaEDU on August 28, 2010

If you don’t have a car, things really don’t seem that intimidating on campus. You can still use whatever campus transportation is provided to get around. Many students will not be able to afford cars so it probably won’t be that strange for you to be hoofing it. But what happens when you want to [...]

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Lower Profile NJ Colleges

By AlyssaEDU on August 13, 2010

You’ve probably heard of the best New Jersey colleges like Princeton, Rutgers and even TCNJ as it’s been rising. They’re the most popular for a reason and really have their strong points. But what about the colleges in the state that hardly anyone has heard of? Where do they stand in all of this and [...]

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