On days when you have lectures – you spend most of your time attending lectures. But when the day is over, during weekends, or when you’re given a study break, you need to have more discipline when it comes to making time to attend to your books.
The best way to do this is to write down your schedule so that you may prioritise and allocate time to those things, which are important. Having this schedule will help mark off those things which you may or may not have had the …

Moving into your own place can be an exciting rite of passage. It’s however important to bear in mind that being out there by yourself means extra responsibilities. Paying for the bills and getting furniture, right through to cooking and cleaning up after yourself.
House hunting for the perfect place can be exciting, but it’s also where a lot of freshers make mistakes. Without a solid plan, the house hunting process can be a lot of effort with little reward.
Here are a few steps to follow to ensure your house hunting …

To live on or off campus? That is the question. Both options have their pros and cons. The decision ultimately lies in personal preferences and academic goals. It is however crucial to weigh your choices before the final decision. Here are a few pointers to making the right decision:

Advantages of living on Campus
Convenience: Living on campus gives you easier access to classes, the library, computer labs and the student centre. You don’t have to walk a long distance or spend money on transport coming to school.
Less maintenance stress: You don’t …

If you’ve ever flipped through newspaper (or scrolled online) classifieds, you may have noticed that a growing number of people are opting to share their accommodation.
Granted, we’re in a recession, but there has to be some other reason why you would want to share your living space with a total stranger.
When moving into res, as a junior on some campuses – you don’t have a choice in the matter. You are a number, and some other poor soul is also a number. They have all your eager names on a …

Budgeting away from home…it can be done!
When we’re living at home, the urgency of adapting budgeting skills isn’t too apparent. We live with people who’ve taken care of us all our lives – people who put a roof over our heads, clothes on our back and food on our table. Over and above these standard offerings – we also get pocket money to spend at our leisure.
The money you get as pocket money is usually used for airtime, going out to movies, buying that CD or book for your friend’s …

Being a student living away from home sometimes comes with it’s struggles. You have to get used to picking up after yourself, making your bed, washing your socks…or even make a descent meal (at least not how your mother did it).
If you’re living in a catering res – you still need the essentials in case the communal food isn’t happening that day. You keep your usual milk and cereal, snacks, jam etc to fill up on when you’re running on empty.
Leading such a busy lifestyle, you don’t have all day …