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Why Minor in a Subject?

March 15, 2010

You are undoubtedly familiar with such expressions as “plan B” or “something to fall back on.” Is that the idea behind a minor? Yes and no. A minor is more than likely to be in a subject or field that’s related to your major. A person majoring in English, for example, might choose either philosophy [...]

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Gaining Expertise in Your Chosen Field: Your Major

March 15, 2010

It has been said by a wit somewhere that an expert is a person who knows more and more about less and less until he or she achieves the ultimate. At that point he or she knows everything about nothing. All joking aside, when you decide in majoring in a certain subject or field, you [...]

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How to Study for a Test

March 14, 2010

There are few things under the sun that cause as much fear and trembling as the prospects of having to take a test. But tests are everywhere. And not just in school. You want to drive? You don’t just need to learn how to do it, you also have to pass a test to be [...]

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Tips for Planning Your College Education

March 14, 2010

T.S. Eliot, the American-born British poet, once said that “there is no method except to be very intelligent.” Perhaps he was thinking of the time-honored idea according to which “there are no rules.” Or “rules were meant to be broken.” You could go on and think of other sayings related to the idea, like there [...]

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The Distance Learning Phenomenon

March 14, 2010

Since the advent of the World Wide Web as we know it today there has been a lot of development online. Businesses have moved to the Internet – in addition to their brick-and-mortar locations. And new ones have sprung up that exist only online. There probably isn’t a school, a college or university, that doesn’t [...]

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