You don’t have to have a college degree to be a freelance writer. You don’t even have to have a high school education, really, as long as you know your craft well. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t constantly work on improving yourself, and one of the best ways to do that is to take a class.
Can You Justify the Cost?
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Right now, it seems like everyone is short on cash. The good news is that you can apply for student loans pretty easily, even if your credit isn’t great, and the cost of classes may be a tax write-off. Your …read more

When I first started writing, I found a gig that I thought was perfect – writing academic papers. The company sold their business as wanting great college-level papers that students could use as a reference when writing their own papers, professors could use as examples, and so forth. I know; you’re all shaking your heads right now. Keep in mind, though, that I was young and just starting as a writer. I was astounded to know you could find writing work online at all!
So, seeing as my skills as a college student in the English department seemed to match what …read more

This week, Business Week released their annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools list, which was compiled by asking business majors to rank their schools in 12 different areas. The results were compiled to find out which schools are best in certain programs, and to some, the results have been surprising.
Top 10, Overall:

Virginia (McIntire)

Notre Dame (Mendoza)

Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Michigan (Ross)

Brigham Young (Marriott)
UC-Berkeley (Haas)
MIT (Sloan)
Cornell
Emory (Goizueta)
Texas (McCombs)

Individual Categories, Top Schools:

Accounting  – Boston College (Carroll)
Business Law – Nebraska
Calculus – MIT (Sloan)
Corporate Strategy – Richmond (Robins)
Ethics – Loyola
Financial Management – Richmond (Robins)
Marketing – Richmond (Robins
Microeconomics – Cornell
Operations Management – George Washington
Quantitative Methods – Richmond (Robins)
Sustainability – …read more

I am very excited to share my guest blogger with you, Jennifer McDaniel. Jenn is my daughter who has successfully completed her first year of college. She is home now, taking a much needed break before going back to school in the fall. Unfortunately for her, mom hasn’t changed that much, and she is back in the big bad world working this summer, but I am getting ahead of myself. Our theme day this month is all about kids, and I thought it would be fun to have my daughter share her perspective on what she has learned from me …read more