College and Career

How To Pay For Your Education
College isn’t cheap. Tuition alone is nearly unaffordable for most high school students, and when you add in factors such as rent, food, utilities, and books, living away from home can get pretty pricy. Sure, there are loans available, but the debt they leave behind is often difficult to pay off. The best way to get money for your education is through scholarships and bursaries.


Now, finding and applying to all these scholarships and bursaries is a lot of work. Sometimes, finding applicable ones can be a challenge. The best way to find them is through the internet. The internet allows you to apply for scholarships you probably didn't know even existed. In the chart to the left, there are a summary of three websites used by high school and college students.

I’m not saying it’s free money. You may have to write multiple essays, and fill our form after form. But the work will pay off when you get money to pay for your education that you don’t have to pay back .
Check out the websites. Lots of the scholarships aren’t even based on academics; sometimes it is just your volunteer and extracurricular activities.

Scholarships are definitely worth looking into, because they can help you achieve your post-secondary goals.



How to Make Your College Application Stand Out


Step 1
Learn a second language! Having another language under your belt, even just the basics, is always impressive .


Step 2
Take dual-enrollment courses: Check with your counselor to see if you can take classes at the local community college for high school and college credit either during the school day, after school, or over the summer. No admissions officer will be able to ignore the effort you've made.


Step 3
Sign up for Calculus: Even though you might hate math, and don’t really need the course, it proves you are up for a challenge.

Step 4
Write a thoughtful and appropriate essay: Don't wait until the night before the essay is due to write it. Mull over the subject and think of a creative response, then have a parent or teacher to proofread what you have written. Hint: use spell-check!

Step 5
Do something worthwhile with your summers: find a job, volunteer, or study abroad; anything that will make you seem motivated and ambitious.


Step 6
Take a leadership position: Run for school president, head the prom committee, lead a sports team---show colleges that you're meant to lead, not follow.









Do's and Don'ts of Job Interviews

Everyone knows that first impressions are important. Sometimes, a job interview can be nerve-racking. To ensure that you make the best impression possible, follow our list of dos and don’ts.


1) Do your homework: Make sure you have researched what kind of job it will be, and what will be required of you in that position. That way, you can talk up the skills that you have that will be useful to that job.
2) Dress the part! Wear more formal clothes that jeans, a t-shirt, and flip-flops. Even if you feel you are overdressing for the job, you will impress your potential future boss.

3) Arrive early; being late never impresses employers.
4) Don’t rely on you application or resume to do the work for you, you still have to sell your skills.
5) Shake hands firmly!
6) Remember your body language and posture! You want to exude confidence from every possible aspect. Make eye contact, and speak up!

7) Avoid using slang and pausing saying “umm” and “uh”. Be clear and concise.
8)Don’t lie! Chances are that they will check up on your references.

9) Don’t answer with just a simple “yes” or “no”. Explain in detail wherever possible.

10) Turn off your cell phone!

11) Ask intelligent questions about the job, company, or business. It shows that you are interested.
12) Don’t ask about salary, benefits, etc. until after you have been offered the position; it just makes you look greedy and desperate.



Top Universities In Canada

When you are choosing a university, you want to make sure that you do your research. Make sure that it has the programs that you are interested in taking, ask about class sizes, and overall, make sure you’d feel comfortable there. Going to university or college is a big step, so to help you decide, here is a list of the top 25 universities in Canada.

1 ) University of Toronto; http://www.utoronto.ca/
2) University of British Columbia; http://www.ubc.ca/

3) University of Waterloo; http://www.uwaterloo.ca/

4) McGill University; http://www.mcgill.ca/

5) Simon Fraser University; http://www.sfu.ca/
6) York University; http://www.yorku.ca/

7) University of Alberta; http://www.ualberta.ca/

8) Université Laval; http://www.ulaval.ca/
9) University of Ottawa; http://www.uottawa.ca/

10) University of Calgary; http://www.ucalgary.ca/

11) University of Victoria; http://www.uvic.ca/
12) Université de Montréal; http://www.umontreal.ca/

13) Carleton University; http://www.carleton.ca/
14) McMaster University; http://www.mcmaster.ca/

15) University of Western Ontario; http://www.uwo.ca/

16) Université du Québec à Montréal; http://www.uqam.ca/
17) Ryerson University; http://www.ryerson.ca/

18) Queen’s University; http://www.queensu.ca/
19) University of Guelph; http://www.uoguelph.ca/
20) Université de Sherbrooke; http://www.usherbrooke.ca/
21) University of New Brunswick; http://www.unb.ca/

22) Concordia University; http://www.concordia.ca/
23) University of Saskatchewan; http://www.usask.ca/

24) University of Manitoba; http://www.umanitoba.ca/

25) Memorial University of Newfoundland; http://www.mun.ca/