Cool Majors: Nursing!
Nursing is a rewarding health career that can take you anywhere in the world. This career is in great demand, and some nurses can make more than physicians. Being a nurse opens the door to many career paths, from hospitals to surgery to international travel and adventure.
Sophomores: Time to Start College Planning!
High school sophomores, it is time to get your thinking cap on! It is the perfect time to start planning your college search, application, and selection process. The earlier you start, the more likely it will be that you will find the right college fit. So, what should you be doing?
Political Outskirts
In case you didn’t know, I go to a hippy school in southern California. Naturally, this draws a large number of hippy sorts of kids. I write jokes in my free time and here’s one I told at open mic: “Hippies aren’t called that because they’re hip or hipsters. It’s because they’re hypocrites. They’re always saying give peace a chance but I find they aren’t receptive when I give them a piece of my mind (pause for laughter).” I know it’s a pun but it got an okay laugh.
Best Paid Degrees
Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary
Methodology Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See full methodology for more. |
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If you want to earn some rather big bucks, major in some kind of engineering, according to Payscale.com’s most recent survey! Check it out at http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/degrees.asp
I’m reluctant to write this one…
But I think it’s probably important to know something of what you’re getting into. A little bit of the underbelly of what can happen when you choose to party and don’t take care of yourself or go out with reliable people. (more…)
Upcoming College Travels!
I LOVE visiting college campuses, and my spring will be full of them! As a Professional Member of the IECA I have to meet strict standards for the number of colleges visited per year, but it is never a problem for me since I love doing it. Anywhere I travel I always pop by a few campuses! I particularly enjoy visiting and chatting with the students. It is truly the best way to see a campus. I will be visiting New Orleans in two weeks so I will be visiting Tulane and Loyola, and may try to squeeze in a couple of others….and I have just decided to go visit my son in Southern California where he is a first year Johnston student at the University of Redlands. So I plan to take a look at Occidental, Pepperdine, and Chapman…. then I’m off to Boston in mid-April where I have Curry College and Dean College to visit, and I think perhaps Babson and Boston College….then, Chicago! I am already on the schedule for Northwestern, DePaul, Lake Forest and U of Chicago. It will be fun, and I will be blogging and posting photos, so stay tuned!
Advice to the high school college lookers
What a FANTASTIC day, especially for a Monday. I got up, dog-tired, went to class and was done by 11. The teacher in my first class woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, but what can you do. By the time class was done, the sun was shining, it was a beautiful 72 degrees, and not a cloud in the sky. I spent the entire day outside!! It was amazing. This is the first warm beautiful day in Oxford, Mississippi in what seems to be forever! (more…)
A visit to The Fairhill School in Dallas
I was honored to be asked by The Fairhill School to give a talk about college fit to their sophomores and juniors. It was a great time, with interested and bright students. In case you don’t know, The Fairhill School is a “private, non-profit college preparatory school serving students in grades one through twelve. Fairhill’s primary purpose is to provide a superior education for students of average and above intelligence who have been diagnosed with a learning difference such as Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Auditory Processing Disorder, or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.” (more…)
Cool Majors: Psychology
Popular Jobs for Psychology Majors
Methodology Jobs ranked by popularity among graduates. Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees from all colleges. See full methodology for more. |
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Everyone loves psychology…but do you really know what it is? According to Wikipedia, psychology “is an academic and applied discipline which involves the scientific study of human (or animal) mental functions and behaviors. In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist, and is classified as a social or behavioral scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the underlying physiological and neurological processes.” There are many possiblities for this major. (more…)
Avatar
I know that movie is old news, but I was raiding wikipedia like I often do and I came across this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themes_in_Avatar
It’s pretty long as far as wikipedia articles go. I saw Avatar in imax 3-D and it was cool. I mean it was long… and it was Pocahontas… but a lot of things exploded and got eaten by those dragon things and got shot, that was entertaining. (more…)
