College Tips

I want to discuss how you can get accepted at a school in Europe or North America, and how to one day reach the point where you get to wear a cap and gown:  You and your parents or friends or partner/spouse will have a lot of questions if you decide to go to college or university in Britain, Ireland, Europe or in the U.S.A. or Canada. You probably don't even know what questions to ask. [Pictured above: Dr. Mark Leslie Woods seated with his colleagues; Mark is about to receive his doctorate on 17 December 2007 from the University of Glamorgan in blustery Treforest, ... Read Full Story

[Pictured above: Dr. Mark Leslie Woods while studying for his Ph.D. in the U.K., led university-sponsored student trips to London and elsewhere.] Welcome to my blog about Study Abroad in Britain, Europe and in the U.S.A. I am an American who has studied, conducted research and also lectured at colleges and universities in the U.K., Europe, and in North America. I have experienced the confusion of having to choose a school and a course, the chaos of getting ready to travel outside my own country, the turmoil of getting visas and passports and traveling documents organized. I know what it's like to leave your ... Read Full Story

Renting Textbooks has become very common of late, thanks to the increasing prices of first hand books.   You could always rent textbooks since there would automatically be a saving of 65-85% as compared to the campus prices.  There are many websites where you could rent the books.  Just sign in for the account and click the book of your choice.  This way you could buy the books and make the payment through your credit card. The cost of these rented textbooks is not very high.  There are not extra costs and hence buying these rented textbooks makes sense.  The rentals may fluctuate slightly depending ... Read Full Story

Have you ever paid over $500 for your textbooks for just one semester and then not been able to sell them back after your classes were over?  Or, if you were able to sell them back to the campus bookstore, were you offered around $20 for a book that originally cost you $100? Luckily for many college students, however, recently renting textbooks has become a viable new way to obtain the materials you need without being committed to paying for them.  There is great potential to save money by doing this since renting the books costs a fraction of the cost to buy them ... Read Full Story

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