The Internet is a glorious place these days, offering us so many tools our parents never had the chance to experience. While just using Google on its own may be your right-hand man to get through school, sometimes you just need a little something extra. With finally going back to Rhody and classes starting back up this week, these seven websites are guaranteed to make life a little bit easier.
1. Slugbooks.com
College bookstores are known for selling the books you need for a small fortune. To avoid shelling out hundreds of dollars on textbooks you might not even use, do some research first. Slugbooks is a website that shows all of the prices a textbook is being sold for or rented online. This can easily take a $200 book and make it closer to $60, saving you hundreds of dollars in the long run.
2. Myunidays.com
Being in college usually entails having a bank account with a three-dollar balance, and that’s if you’re lucky. Unidays, a website that offers up various student discounts for almost any store you can imagine, gives students the opportunity to shop without breaking the bank too badly.
3. Scholar.google.com
Google scholar is one of the most beneficial websites for anyone looking for reputable sources when writing a paper. Being a database filled with hundreds of scholarly articles and journals, makes it a great source that you would be crazy not to use.
4. Internships.com
Internships are something that you should be applying for as soon as possible. Not only are they good for helping you get a grip on life after college, but also they give you real life experience in the field that most employers today want to see. Internships.com is a great website that tailors the internships you see based on everything you are looking for, and frequently update the site to give you the most opportunities possible.
5. Mint.com
Mint, also offered in an app for on the go, tracks your spending habits and helps you stay on track with your money. Managing your money while in school is key so you don’t go spend it all in one place and leave yourself penny-less for the rest of the semester.
6. Ratemyprofessors.com
Ratemyprofessor, just as the name applies, is a website where previous students post reviews of their professors and the different classes that they took with them. Perfect for making your new schedule and picking out professors, this website is one you shouldn’t forget about.
7. Keepmeout.com
For the procrastinator who can’t stay off twitter when trying to write a paper, you need this site in your life. Keepmeout does exactly what its name describes; it keeps you off of distracting websites. All you do is put the link in the site and it sets up alarms that go off when you enter the website.
