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College is a many-splendored thing . . .

July 15th, 2009 by Kate Lehnhof

College is a place where you get to study things you actually care about.

“The purpose of primary education is the development of your weak characteristics; the purpose of university education, the development of your strong.”

-Nevin Fenneman

College is a place where C’s get degrees.

“To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.”
-George W. Bush

College is a place where those who care to learn will do just that.

“College is like a fountain of knowledge - and the students are there to drink”

-Anonymous

College for most people in a helluva lot more fun than high school.

“Don’t let anyone tell you that high school is supposed to be fun. High school is to be endured. College is fun.”

-Stefanie Meyer

College students shouldn’t spend the whole time with their nose pressed in a book.

“You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You’ll never remember class time, but you’ll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don’t have. Drink ’til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does…”
-Tom Petty

Grad Degrees: Worth it?

July 13th, 2009 by alexi

It’s everyone’s question these days if a master’s degree is worth it.

Should you bite the financial bullet and get more educational training,

OR

try to make it in the career real world first?

Click here for a forum on NY Times where M.A. grads wrote in their thoughts on the process.

Something for Nothing: Ridiculous Scholarships

July 7th, 2009 by Kate Lehnhof

With a less-than-stellar economy on our hands, the need for college education is increasing while most pocketbooks are shrinking. Scholarships are the perfect tool to help motivated people reconcile the gap between wanting to go to college and having the funds to do so.

Scholarships are not just for child prodigies or those annoying SAT-crazed kids from high school. There is one just for you, the trick is finding it.

The argument that you can’t get something for nothing will fade away as you read our list of the easiest to obtain and most ridiculous scholarships out there.

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Professor Corey Manchester: Making Math Class A Little Bit Hotter

June 29th, 2009 by Kate Lehnhof

Professor Manchester

If square roots aren’t your thing, then at least Professor Corey Manchester’s boyish god looks will give you something to study in math class. San Diego State students voted their favorite math teacher into the Rate My Professor’s “Top 50 Hottest Professors” list. We fought off his starstruck admirers long enough to get in a little Q and A with mathematician.

My Colleges and Careers: What was your initial reaction to being ranked as one of the nation’s hottest professors?

Professor Manchester: I was really flattered, but I just don’t get it!

My Colleges and Careers: How familiar were you with ratemyprofessor.com?

Professor Manchester: Very. I know it’s the primary resource for students picking classes. I know alot of professors hate it, but I think it’s good that they’re being held accountable for being less than stellar at their jobs.

My Colleges and Careers: Do you think this sort of category is frivolous and silly or fun and interesting?

Professor Manchester: I guess a little of both. I also won “Favorite Faculty Member of the Year” this year, and that means far more to me than anything based on physicality.

My Colleges and Careers: Has anyone ever told you that you resemble a celebrity? If so, who?

Professor Manchester: Hmmm..not that I recall. At least not in adulthood-when I was little, people always told me I looked like Ricky Schroeder (blonde and freckly).

My Colleges and Careers: What do you love about being a professor?

Professor Manchester: Oh gosh…so many things. I love being able to explain a difficult concept to a group of people who probably aren’t huge fans of the subject. I love being able to show them that everything in their lives in based on math. I love making them think about math in a totally different way. I love giving them an appropriately nurturing environment for math (rather than a sink-or-swin approach like many professors deliver).

My Colleges and Careers: Are you going to leverage this title for a salary increase?

Professor Manchester: Yah right. I’ll be lucky to not be laid off, given the state of the California budget!

Up Close and Personal with Rate My Professor’s Hottest: Hugo Schwyzer

June 24th, 2009 by Kate Lehnhof

This post is for all the My Colleges and Careers female fans out there. Do attractive male professors make better professors? According to RateMyProfessor and the New York Times, teachers who are considered “good-looking” tend to get better student evaluations. Economists have found that men with above-average looks are paid about 5 percent more than those with average appearance. A recent study concluded:

The average teaching evaluation was 4.2 on a 5-point scale. Those at the bottom end of the attractiveness scale received, on average, a teaching evaluation of about 3.5, while those on the top end received about 4.5.

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