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A Productive Spring Break: 3 Things College Seniors Can & Should Do

Office Cubicle
photo courtesy Damek
So if you aren’t already in Cancun, Mexico sipping on margaritas and partying out to MTV cameras, we figured you might be interested in doing something a little more productive over spring break.

Here is a short list of 3 recommendations. They aren’t necessarily fun, but hey…better to do it now than when you’re back in the stress of school and thinking about graduation.

3 Productive Things To Do During Spring Break

3. Trash & Rewrite Your Resume. Lifehacker.com has a great article about this, take a read at why you should trash and rewrite your resume.
2. Build your LinkedIn profile. Not sure what that is? Check out an older post of ours about 5 Ways You Can Stand Out from Other Graduating College Seniors.
1. Subscribe to and start reading blogs in the industry you’re looking to find a job in. If you don’t already use an RSS Reader, check out Google Reader for RSS feeds. Once you get the hang of RSS feeds, you’ll wonder how you lived without them! Blog Catalog is a great place to search for blogs you might be interested in. Look at what we found when we did a search for politics or music.

Written on 26 March 2008 by Staff Writer, YourSash.com under College with No Comments
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5 Best Graduation Falls We Stole from YouTube

Graduation
photo courtesy of Jack Duval

So depending on how your school does it, most graduates have their name called out and then walk across stage, shake hands with the Chancellor and other dignitaries, get the photo op, then return to their seat.

After hours and hours of scouring YouTube for some videos, we have compiled our list of top 5 graduation falls and tips on how to walk across stage on your important day.

First Off, the Tips for Graduation Day & How To Stand Apart

1. The Name Card

If your school let’s you, do something fun on your graduation card! We got to fill in our name, add a message to your parents if possible! Sometimes the readers will read it, sometimes they won’t.
ex. Your Name is John David. On your card write “John ‘Hi Mom’ David” if the reader has a personality and they are allowed to read this, go for it! Write too much and they’ll skip it entirely. On mine I wrote “Happy Fathers Day” and they didn’t read it! How lame.

2. Decorate Your Graduation Cap

We’ll have a post on this coming up soon, but decorate your graduation cap! Do something cool but not tacky. Decorate the same as your sorority sisters or fraternity brothers and you’ll get bonus points.

3. Don’t Drink Too Much The Night Before!

If you’re going to go downtown and celebrate with your fellow graduates the night before, all the power to you! But remember, everything in moderation. Last thing you want to do is wake up late to your graduation, hung over, parents see that, and have to sit in the sun at commencement for 2 hours. Moderation!

Now to the graduation videos…

#5. Fake Graduation Prank? This one looked a little fishy to us.


#4. This one has to be fake. Another fake graduation fall?

Alright… to the better ones.

#3. Unfortunately we can’t see the angle on this one as much, but at least it’s not a fake!

#2. Okay, we have to feel sorry for this lil kid. He was so happy… too happy! Luckily for him his parents have this on tape and when he graduates college he can look back and laugh… or try to beat his first attempt.

#1. Of all the graduation falls we stole from YouTube, this one looks the most real.

So if you are ready to graduate fall in style, check out our graduation stoles.

Written on 06 March 2008 by Staff Writer, YourSash.com under Graduation with 1 Comment
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Black Friday + College Students = Best Holiday Ever

Black Friday
After looking at all the holidays of the year, I figure Black Friday is the most underrated yet spectacular of holidays for any college student. Here are a few reasons why I believe so.

  1. It’s a 4-day weekend! That’s just about as long as a standard school week, and when you return you only have 1-2 weeks before a long winter break.
  2. 6. You are still full from Thanksgiving dinner and all the alcohol you drank. Even better is that you didn’t have to pay for it!
  3. Free laundry at home. Clean clothes are awesome.
  4. Your stamina, health and determination for a good deal make standing in line at Best Buy and Circuit City at 4AM possible.
  5. Free laundry at home. Yes, clean clothes deserves a 2nd shout-out.
  6. You get to bring left overs back to school with you!
  7. Chillin’ with the family.
Written on 23 November 2007 by Staff Writer, YourSash.com under College with No Comments
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T-Shirt Credit Card: So Bad, Yet So Good!

College Credit Card Scams

Photo courtesy flickr user szlea

What are t-shirt credit cards you ask? Well, remember the first week of college every year and those credit cards offered ? And after you signed-up you received an awesome t-shirt, duh. Okay, maybe I made up that term, but in general I’m referring to those too hard to pass up offers that offer to expand your wardrobe or provide you a free lunch. Some offer cool shirts that read “College,” fake pairs of Oakleys (foakleys), a free pizza, flashlights, and more. If I remember correctly there was a time when vendors were giving out gift cards too!

When I was in college, I was a sucker for these, I signed up for three! (2 shirts, 1 foakley) and even almost signed my fraternity up to ‘fundraise’ with this too, (we’d get $8 per sucker we sign-up) but we just never got around to it.

In the Business section of the October 11 issue of the Los Angeles Times, there is a great article by Kathy Kristof titled “Colleges urged to rein in credit card companies’ activities on campus.” Unfortunately for many college students they will never see this article before they sign-up for these cards.

So here are 3 reasons why we think you should pass on these great offers:
1. What if it’s complete BS? Really. Think about if this was just an elaborate scam to acquire student addresses and then do damage (i.e. steal your financial aid check, ruin your credit, identity theft). The person signing you up could be in on it, or have no clue and think he is working for a legit company. Does that “free” t-shirt still seem appealing?

2. There are better offers elsewhere. Just because you sign-up here does not mean you will be approved for the card. You must remember that these cards target college students and with that comes higher interest rates and stricter terms, not to mention some have annual fees.

3. In 3 weeks time you won’t care or use what you just got. If it was a free lunch, it’s long gone by now. The hip t-shirt has turned into a gym shirt (which you already have plenty of), and the fake sunglasses have gotten so scratched up that you can use them as night shades.

So, the next time you think about signing up for one of these offers, be prepared. We know those college t-shirts are cool, but after 100 other people have it… not so much. Our suggestion?
highschool t-shirt
It’s all about the highschool t-shirts! Rock on.

Written on 11 October 2007 by Staff Writer, YourSash.com under College with No Comments
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