Who Do U Want 2B?

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-admissions-playbook/2014/08/18/choose-the-right-extracurriculars-at-the-right-time-for-college-applications


Staying actively involved with extracurricular activities, will open doors to an infinite amount of opportunities for your collegiate career. Get connected with an extracurricular activity that sparks your interest, and enjoy all the positives that will come from your well taken decision.

Choose the Right Extracurriculars at the Right Time for College Applications - US News Choose a few activities freshman year and highlight a job junior year to let extracurriculars tell your story for college admissions.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shanzeh-khurram/choosing-a-major_b_5531094.html?utm_hp_ref=teen

Choosing a major, while in search of your college degree could be a daunting task, but don't let it discourage you from pursuing your educational goals. Life will unravel as you continue to grow in pursuit of your dream career.

The 'Major' Decision That's More Difficult Than I Thought Considering how a college degree alone is no longer a guarantee of landing a good job, one must ask the question: Are all majors created equal, and if not, what are you better off choosing?...

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-grads-dropouts-20140429-story.html

Just sending you a bit of positive information :-)

California's high school graduation rate passes 80% for first time For the first time in California history, the high school graduation rate has surpassed 80%, mirroring a trend nationwide, officials announced Monday.

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2014/05/06/7-ways-to-refurbish-a-rotten-internship?int=a73209

Some helpful tips for those of you in an internship :)

7 Ways to Refurbish a Rotten Internship - US News Your internship is heading to nowheresville … or is it?

Interesting predictions on the future of higher education.

5 Bold Predictions For The Future Of Higher Education What, where, and how will we learn?

Possibly the sweetest holiday yet! We'll make sure to celebrate this holiday with a baker's dozen :)

Happy National Chocolate Chip day!
check out http://www.whodouwant2b.com/student/pathways/hospitality-recreation to find out more about Recreation/Tourism/and Hospitality!

Studies show that looking at photos and videos of cute puppies and kittens helps reduce stress and boosts brain activity-- so take a good look and take a breather from studying for finals!

Tomorrow is Earth Day-- what can you do to help reduce your carbon footprint? Check out events across the state to celebrate our Earth!

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/PublicEd/EarthDay/Events/

Events: Earth Day 2014 An event listing on the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) website. Events details are provided by regions throughout California.

Today is National Stress Awareness Day! What do you do to relieve stress?

The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2014. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events. How will you celebrate?

http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/world-autism-awareness-day

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Interesting article, thoughts??

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/03/college_rankings_by_income_should_we_rank_schools_based_on_graduates_earnings.html

Should We Rank Colleges Based on Alums’ Salaries? (You’ll Never Guess Which School Is No. 1.) I recently reported on PayScale’s newest batch of college rankings, which compare how much a school’s graduates earn to how much they pay for tuition. In other words, it calculates each institution’s financial return on investment, which seems a far saner way to look at the value of a degree...

Today is World Story Telling Day. Share the name of your favorite childhood stories with us!

http://www.freewebs.com/worldstorytellingday/historyofwsd.htm

History of WSD World Storytelling Day has its roots in a national day for storytelling in Sweden, circa 1991-2. At that time, an event was organized for March 20 in Sweden called "Alla berattares dag" (All storytellers day). The Swedish national storytelling network passed out some time after, but the day stayed a...