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Relax, and trust yourself on test day

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Even for the most brilliant students, test time can be overwhelming - a time of enormous stress and anxiousness and a poignant fear of failure, all of which you can't wait to have behind you. ...

Tips for acquiring strong recommendations

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

There is a right way and a wrong way to request college application recommendations - these tips should lead you through all you need to know to go about it the "right" way: - Do ...

Protecting Your Credit Score

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Protect your credit score. Scores may range anywhere from 300-850: • Scores over 720 yield eligibility for the best rates that the market offers. • Scores under 700 are not quite as appealing to potential ...

Detriments to effective discussion

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Effective problem solving, decision-making, or conflict resolution among individuals of varying opinions must necessarily involve each of the following three steps: 1. An exploration of the problem through the exchange of the varying viewpoints, and ...

Who bullies are bullying

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Victims of bullying share many common character traits, including: • quietness, timidity, and sensitivity • less inclination toward assertiveness or self-defense • lack of social support, due to having few friends • physical weakness or ...

Writing tips for a stellar application essay

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Show don't tell: You want to scream every time your English teach utters this elusive phrase, I know. But basically, just bear in mind the difference between saying, "I love math," and saying, "As I ...

SAT vs. ACT: Background & Comparison

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Both the SAT and ACT serve as tools to offer admissions officials a method of comparing students from varying schools, with varying teachers, curricula, resources, and difficulty on a level playing field. Both are intended ...

The Rules of Ultimate Frisbee

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Ultimate Frisbee can be explained in ten simple rules. These are simple to learn; and help provide a fun safe atmosphere for athletes of all ages. The sport is played on a rectangular grass field, ...

How to Make a Gripping Plot by Pushing Your Characters

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

A good plot and good characters should go together, each complementing the other. Sometimes the character comes first and you're wondering what to do with it. The best answer is always the simplest one: put ...

Smooth Operating

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Motorcycles hearken back to a time before transportation was reduced to reacting to the world outside of your hermetically sealed vehicle with a five-way adjustable seat and illuminated vanity mirror. Whether you are interesting in ...

Endangered mores

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

One of a kind The Mosuo, a people in the Southern region of China that inhabit an area of the Himalayas, constitute one of the few matriarchies in the entire world - especially notable in ...

Sleepy Students, Sloppy Learners

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

It is especially important for busy students to grant themselves enough time to sleep because one of sleep's most important functions is to stimulate the regions of the human brain that are employed in learning ...

The Price of Prestige

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

As college costs see significant increases yearly, students who once had their eyes set on big name post-secondary institutions of supreme prestige are beginning to rethink their plans for beyond high school graduation dates. Between ...

Decoding College Interview Styles

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

There are a few interviewing styles you might encounter during your college application process, and there are helpful tips you will want to keep in mind when you encounter each of them. Formal - The ...

Combating the Energy Plight

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Maintaining a nutritious diet is about more than healthy physical development and fighting sickness - the foods we choose to consume regularly also play a large role in our everyday mental stimulation, cognitive abilities, and ...

Energy vs. Anti-Energy

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Caffeine, an energy boosting chemical utilized for thousands of years, has come a long way since the Stone Age. Now, for thirsty drinkers looking for an energy boost, there are several varieties available offering either ...

Unlimited Speed

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

The scent of leaded fuel saturates the air I am passing through at 150 miles per hour. Earplugs mute the outside world and draw attention the muffled vibration to the aerodynamic resistance pressure against my ...

How to write a perfect Sci-fi story by studying Inception

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Inception is a brilliant movie for many reasons, but the most profound and often over-looked reason is that it is the perfect blueprint for how to write a science fiction film. Take the second scene ...

The Irony of One Man's Business Acumen

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Devalued as a lesser race, the most common role for black people in America's South from the 17th until the 19th century was that of a slave, as the very order of Southern society and ...

Researching Your Prospective College

By Charles Bloom · 13 years ago

Guidebooks are a great place to begin your investigation into what a given college is all about and what it has to offer you, but you definitely don't want to end your information quest there. ...