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Money Saving Tips For The Cash-Strapped College Student

Since student loans can quickly get out of control, you need all the help you can get. Money saving college tips will come in handy no matter which stage of the journey you’re in, freshman to senior year, and we’ve compiled 10 of our favorites to get you through to graduation, with help from the […]
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Back To School Tips For The Non-Traditional Student

Going back to school can be difficult if you’re a non-traditional student, who has had a considerable amount more life experience than your fellow classmates. Recently one redditor was faced with this very dilemma. In his words: “I am nearly thirty and I am returning to college for a career path change. The vast majority […]
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12 Tips For Learning A Second Language

A second language is increasingly important to the long term marketability of any individual in today’s market. With the world turning into a global marketplace, it’s becoming more and more common to compete for jobs not only with native language speakers but also with foreign language speakers. The Internet has brought everyone together, but it […]
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Students Tell All: 19 Dumbest Comments Heard In Class

Class is a place for learning and building toward a future, but sometimes it’s a location filled with inadvertent comedy uttered by people who can destroy your faith in the education system with one simple comment or question. Recently on reddit, someone posed the question: “What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever heard inside a classroom?” […]
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15 Tips For Beating Procrastination

Procrastination is the bane of many a school kid’s existence — from grade school to graduate school. It can certainly lead one down a dark road of bad grades and other failures. But there are ways that you can deal with the act of procrastination. Check out what these reddit users had to say, and […]
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How Being Smart Can Make You Lazy

There isn’t any doubt that some people get good grades because they’re highly intelligent and others get there through hard work and determination. Ideally you want to have a little bit of both, but what you might find surprising is that sometimes too much intelligence can negatively affect your studies because you get too lazy […]
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How To Get Straight A’s: Top College Students Weigh In

If you’ve always wondered how to get straight A’s but were unsure of where to start, the best thing you can do is ask the people who are already doing it at the highest level. A word of warning upfront, though: some of the answers may not be the quick fix you’re looking for. While […]
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10 Real Job Tests Managers Try On Interviewees

From the moment that you get an interview with a company, you may not realize it but you are being tested. Many managers, in fact, put you through a litany of tests that aren’t quite like the kinds you study for here at 4Tests, but they’re just as important. In fact, it’s been said that […]
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‘Useless Degrees’: How Does It Really Turn Out?

At one time, the words “college graduate” were impressive, but these days, employers aren’t blown away by a piece of paper. They need to see that you have skills that will actually be useful. As such, many degree plans have resulted in what students and educational experts alike refer to as “useless degrees.” Art history […]
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Language Changes: 12 Sentences You Wouldn’t Recognize 10 Years Ago

One of the really cool things about any active language is how often it changes to stay relevant with technology and world developments. For instance, since the invention of the Internet, we’ve learned that to “Google” something means to go to a website, type in a search inquiry, and browse through all the millions of […]
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