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 |
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.
Posted in Campus Life | Tagged college career, college education, freshman year, helpful tips, job opportunities, new jersey colleges, professors |
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 [...]
Posted in New Jersey Life | Tagged higher education, legacies, new jersey colleges, politicians, school budgets, tuition rates |
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 [...]
Posted in Campus Life | Tagged economy, financial aid, financial situations, new jersey colleges, princeton, private colleges, private schools, rutgers, tcnj |
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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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 [...]
Posted in Types of Schools | Tagged career prospects, county colleges, kean university, liberal arts schools, new jersey colleges, NJ Colleges, princeton, rutgers, teaching schools |