✅ College Tips
🌐 Getting Involved
🛏️ Roommate Issues
📖 Academic Issues
💭 Emotional Support
⚠️ Feeling Unsafe
🌐 Getting Involved
— Join clubs that interest you!
— Follow clubs on Instagram for updates
— Attend campus/community events
— Apply to professional fraternities
— Rush for social or service sororities/fraternities
— Ask people for coffee chats
— Ask professors for research opportunities
— Run for executive board positions in clubs
🛏️ Roommate Issues
— Set expectations with your roommate
— Have consistent communication
— Talk to a Resident Assistant (RA)
📖 Academic Issues
Professor/TA Office Hours
— If you are behind on a class
— If you have questions about material
— If you need help on homework
— If you are prepping for an exam
Academic Advisor Appointment
— If you are making your class schedule
— If you want to change your major
— If you need to drop, change, or add courses
— If you need help making decisions
💭 Emotional Support
Student Counseling
— Find your campus’ counseling resource
— Reach out if you feel emotional distress
— If you’re feeling lonely, anxious, depressed
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
— SMS or Call “988”
— Support is available 24/7
— Access to trained crisis counselors
Illinois Warm Line
— +1 (866) 359 - 7953
⚠️ Feeling Unsafe
— Save your campus security/police number
— Call campus security/police if concerned
— Avoid traveling alone at night
— Let your friends know where you are
— Talk to a trusted peer or advisor/professor
⏰ Apps
Boost your productivity and organize your schedule with these time management apps!
Flora - Study Timer & Habit Tracker
Limit distractions, work with friends, and grow a tree while growing your positive habits!
Google Calendar
Plan your semester!
Notion
Available on desktop, synced to your phone! Take notes and manage your workflow your way.
Microsoft To-Do
Daily planner to help you organize your tasks!
📚 Textbooks
Google the full name of your desired textbook followed by “.pdf” and you may find it there too!
Library Genesis (LibGen)
Use LibGen
SlugBooks (Compare Textbook Prices)
SlugBooks.com
AmazonRentals
AmazonRentals🛍️ Discounts
Ask your university for additional benefits they may offer with your enrollment! (ex: HBO Max, Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc.)
60+ Student Discounts
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Spotify Premium + Hulu for only $5.99/month! (First 3 Months Free)
Spotify Student
Prime Student FREE for the first 6 months, then $7.49/month!
Prime Student + Amazon Student Offers
DashPass gives you $0 Delivery Fee and 5% Credit Back on Pickups for $4.99/month!
DashPass Student
Student Beans (Student Discounts)
Download Student Beans
Unidays (Student Discounts)
Download Unidays💸 FAFSA
It is important to fill out the FAFSA every year as soon as it opens! Use the link below to enter your state to find your priority deadline.
Find your priority deadline below.
+1 (800) 433-3243
Fastweb Scholarships
You can apply to additional scholarships here!
💼 Resume & Career Resources
Visit our full notion to view these resources and much more on your computer
Full Resume/Career Notion
Notion Link
XYZ Formula for Resume
Use this to write your bullet points!
MIT Action Verbs for Resume
Use one of these words at the start of your bullet points!
Harvard Resume Guide
Harvard Resource Pdf
Harvard Resume Template
Pro Tip: avoid white space at the end of your bullet points; write your sentence so it reaches the end of the line and use the XYZ format!
VMock Resume Editor
AI-enabled resume editing tool.
Template Spreadsheet for Job Tracking
Make a copy of this to organize your search!
Handshake Job Site
#1 way college students find jobs.
Wayup
Let recruiters come to you!
Diversity Recruitment Programs
Diversity Program List
STAR Method
Ultimate strategy for behavioral interviews!
Elevator Pitch
Learn how to answer the “tell me about yourself” question!
Thank You Email
Make sure to send your interviewers a Thank You email within 24 hours of your interview!
💳 Student Credit Cards
Building your credit score is important as soon as you enter college! Check out these credit cards made just for students. Consult your parents and mentor on choosing the best card for you!
CapitalOne Student Cards
SavorOne Card: 3% Cashback on dining, entertainment, streaming, and grocery stores, 1% Cash Back on all other purchases, 10% Cash Back on Uber and Uber Eats, Uber One Free until 11/14/24
Quicksilver Rewards Card: Unlimited 1.5% Cash Back on every purchase, 10% Cash Back on Uber and Uber Eats, Uber One Free until 11/14/24
Discover IT Student Card
5% Cash Back in a rotating category, unlimited 1% Cash Back on all other purchases, 100% Cash Back match after the first year (receive double your cash back balance)
Bank of America Student Cards
Customized Cash Rewards Card: 3% Cash Back in one category of choice, 2% Cash Back on all grocery stores, 1% Cash Back in all other purchases
Unlimited Cash Rewards Card: 1.5% Cash Back on all purchases (no limit or expiration on Cash Back balance)
Chase Freedom Student
1% Cash Back on all purchases, $50 bonus on first purchase
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