Welcome to My Life in a Box! Hopefully this will be the first of many post helping you to achieve a better college experience. This blog is the result of an untold amount of frustration, from trying to find a website with helpful advice on dorm life, college, study skills, money advice, and other important thing every college student needs to know. With the lack of college focused websites that offer anything of real value, I hope to bring something with value and actual help. Starting of with a handful of websites that are invaluable to every college student:
Fat Wallet is one of the easiest ways to get cash back anytime you shop online, with a wide range of online retailers ranging from Apple to Walmart. After signing up, for free, you begin earning cash back from visiting the retailers you normally shop at through their website, getting anywhere from 1%-20% back depending on the retailer. You begin to cash out once you have at least $10 dollars and can do so via check or Pay Pal. To date I have earned $69.74, and have had no problems with checks clearing. So next time you need to make a purchase online, no matter if it is a book from half.com or a laptop from Dell, be sure to check out Fat Wallet.
Another amazing site for college students to know about is Fast Web. The site is extremely helpful in gathering available scholarships that you are eligible for. Granted many of them are bizarre and re
quire a good amount of work, if you are determined enough to get money for school this site will be able to help. Fast Web also has a wide range of other features including help for choosing a school, finding internships, and contest to win money. Fast Web is run by Monster (the big resume site) and is really put together well and worth checking out.
So what is the one thing that you have to purchase every semester yet rarely is worth anything to you after? BOOKS! Yea that is right text books are one of the annoying requirements every student must face… except for the select few that seem to scrape by without every purchasing them. Now obviously you will want to tap your resources at college, friends and other students to see if you can find a deal. If all else fails, however, have no fear for Book Finder will come to your rescue. If you are searching for a book they will find it and give you a break down of all the new and used prices on the web…
Some of us love to read literature, others wish that their school did not require such a class… wherever you fall in that broad generalization, the fact remains when finals come around studying literature 
is something that requires re-reading stories that are hundreds of pages long and with many other tests at the same time. So to improve time spent studying and help with comprehension check out Grade Saver, they offer summaries, themes, analysis, and even quizzes to help prepare yourself. Along with many other features such as paper editing, writing advice, and even loans Grade Saver is a great source for college students.
There are numerous sites that can help in your college life, these are just a glimpse at what is to come and something that will hopefully give you some valuable resources for college. Also this was just an introduction list, more will follow, so if you have any suggestions that I could add the next time please post them.
