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The Fat
Campus Collection of Guides for College Students |
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The editors at Fat Campus have
put together a series providing solid, useful
advice and information presented in a concise and
easy to read manner. These guides range from
academic strategies to financing your college
education to moving beyond the university and into
the job market. Topics include:
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Choosing a Major
- Your choice of a major is an important
decision. It has both long and short term
consequences that should be examined carefully
in the decision making progress. Not only will
your major play a role in your ultimate career
path, it also most immediately determines how
you interact with your college or university as
well as your intellectual development.
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Citing Material From the
Internet - material found on the
internet has it's own unique difficulties when
it comes to using it as a source for a research
paper. Our step by step guide helps to clear up
the ambiguities.
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Making Classroom
Presentations - Some classes require
that you give a presentation as a part of
classroom participation or sometimes for extra
credit. This can be intimidating and even
frightening to some students, especially those
who are not experienced in public speaking. We
have collected the best information we could
find on the subject, distilled it, added tactics
garnered from our own experience and present it
to you.
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Computer Virus, Adware &
Spyware Protection - In the time we have been poking around
the internet we've learned this one lesson. No
matter how careful you might be, you will pick
up adware and spyware from somewhere, somehow
and without knowing it. See what we do to get
rid of it and protect from getting it.
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Directives and Terms Used
in Writing and Test Taking - Some words are "directives" used by
instructors when they want you to to answer a
question, prepare a report or write a paper in a
particular way. Knowing the definitions of these
directives and then presenting the information
asked for in the correct way will help to insure
that you get the grade that your hard work
deserves.
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Establishing Credit - It seems
funny, but now is the very best time to
establish credit, when you are still a student.
If you wait too long, graduate and get a job, it
is much harder to qualify for a credit card or a
loan. This is because the banks look at a
student's potential while they look at the
reality of that entry level job held by the
recently graduated worker.
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A Complete Guide to
Student Loans - An explanation of the
types of student loans, who administers them,
who qualifies for them and how they are applied
for.
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Instructor Relations - Getting along with your instructor can
have benefits both in and out of the classroom.
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Job Search Advice - There are techniques involved in
getting that dream job or internship. We've
distilled them and listed them on one easy to
read and understand page.
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Reading Difficult Material - It's bound to happen at one time or
another. Your instructor assigns a text that is
so dense, poorly written or follows a train of
logic that you never got on. You know that there
is information in there that is important to the
subject. You will be required to discuss it in
class, write about it in a paper or, heaven
forbid, understand it well enough to deal with
it on an exam. With that in mind, we have
constructed this step by step guide to help you
make sense of difficult material.
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Scholarship Search Advice
- Yes, there are thousands of scholarships out
there just waiting for students to find them.
Yes, there are scholarships that never get
awarded because no one applies for them. And
yes, many scholarships do not take financial
need or academic success into account. But, no,
this does not mean that all you have to do is
fill out an online form and the offers will come
pouring in. We have several suggestions to jump
start your scholarship search.
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Using the Scientific
Method - The scientific method is a
process for forming and testing solutions to
problems, or theorizing about how or why things
work. It tries to reduce the influence of
"faith" or bias or prejudice of the experimenter
so that the process is valid anywhere in our
world.
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Student Loan Consolidation
Congress set up the Consolidation Loans Programs to
allow student loan borrowers to combine their loans
into a single new loan with flexible repayment and
extended loan repayment features.
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Study Abroad Tips
- We consulted our expert, a three time veteran
educational traveler and asked for her top ten
tips for students planning to study abroad.
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Studying Advice -
To make the your academic experience rewarding
in terms of knowledge gained and grades
received, it’s necessary to spend time studying.
In collegiate life nothing is handed to you on a
platter. If you want academic success it is
necessary to get it on your own. Our guide to
studying is designed to help you with that
pursuit.
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Successful Student Habits
- 10 habits most successful students have.
How many do you have?
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Test Taking Strategies - For multiple choice, essay and true
false tests.
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Writing a Paper
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You have a
paper to write. It doesn’t matter how many pages
it is or what the topic is, the basics are
always the same.
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Writing a Thesis Statement
- In most cases the essay or paper you will
write for a college level course will require a
thesis statement. In fact the thesis statement
is the foundation of a quality essay and a
necessary component for receiving the best grade
possible.
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