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How do you take a long, sorta-ok paper and make it great? Well, your writing should be good at first. After that, though, it’s all in the editing. In this episode, you’ll get some tips on editing your papers well from my friend James Ranson. James has an undergraduate degree in English and a Master’s in Arts […]
Active reading is simply a means of reading a book with the deliberate intent to learn and apply something from it. In my last video on reading textbooks, I compared your textbooks to an art museum. These places are filled to the brim with sculptures, paintings, medieval weaponry, and silent guards who you’re just are judging you […]
Which sounds more interesting on your resume? “Filed documents,” “Filed 2,500 documents.” The second one, right? Using data to quantify your achievements helps you resume stand out from the crowd, and it’s just one of the many techniques you can use to improve your job prospects. As a sophomore, I learned about many of these techniques in a book […]
One of the things I’ve stressed on this blog for a long time is the idea of becoming a “Solution Finder.” To me, this is someone who knows and to find answers to questions that aren’t immediately obvious and who is willing to do it. In fact, I’ve gone as far as to say that I’d […]
Mike Vardy of Productivityist is a productivity guru. By his own definition, he’s a productivityist – a productivity enthusiast interested in trying and sharing new apps, strategies, and techniques for getting things done. He co-hosts Workflowing, a weekly discussion on how to live a better life, and do better work while avoiding pitfalls with playing around with […]
One of my main goals here at College Info Geek is to help students understand their student loans and pay them off as quickly as possible. Stephanie Halligan has both of these skills on lock. As the founder of The Empowered Dollar, Stephanie is one of the most entertaining personal finance writers on the internet, […]
Greetings, college hackers! We’re back once again to answer your questions on this episode of the podcast. Every 4th episode of the CIG podcast is a reader Q&A episode, where we take 5 of your questions and answer them while playing a video game and generally getting mad at each other. These episodes are a fun break […]
How do people in awesome, fulfilling careers get to where they are? If you listen to most of the voices in the career advice space these days, the prevailing idea you’ll hear is probably: “Follow your passion!” To me, this “just do what you love” idea’s popularity is analogous to the French Revolution; it’s a […]
Once per month, my roommate Martin and I get together to answer 5 questions from CIG readers. I bet the Oracle from can’t boast that kind of frequency! This month, we’re brining my girlfriend Anna into the mix. If you didn’t catch episode 32, Anna is a graphic design student and brings a non-business perspective […]
Want to graduate college debt-free? Listen to this. Shanice Miller is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School, and she didn’t just graduate debt free… she ended up with $10,000 extra from numerous scholarships she was able to win. Like me, Shanice couldn’t rely on her parents for financial support in college. […]