by ScholarUp | Jan 24, 2015 | ScholarUp, Uncategorized
“C’s get degrees!” This line was often fed to me be people who enjoyed purposefully underachieving in college. I never liked the idea that one should do the bare-minimum when it came to school work. Yes, I am a turbo-nerd and yes college was one of my greatest...
by ScholarUp | Jan 22, 2015 | ScholarUp, Uncategorized
How to Network and Not Hate Yourself I remember seeing a doughy young man recite his accomplishments to an Amazon recruiter at a job fair. It was the end of the Tennessee summer and the basketball-arena-made-fairgrounds made no apologies for the conglomerate of...
by ScholarUp | Jan 21, 2015 | College Profiles, Did you know?, Educational Resources, ScholarUp, Tips and Advice
What baffled me, and what still baffles me, is the amount of students–in senior level courses, mind you—who act paralyzed when the professor asks, “any questions?” Perhaps other students fear reinforces this, and they all sit, afraid that the professor will chew their...
by ScholarUp | Jan 20, 2015 | Current Affairs, Did you know?, Educational Resources, Scholarships, ScholarUp, Tips and Advice
My parents hoped I would become accountant out of college. I didn’t like accounting and I didn’t want to be an accountant. Most students enter college not knowing what in the world to do. For a good 3 years I was an undeclared member of the Arts & Sciences...