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Surviving College Life is every student’s guide to the ins and outs of college. If you’re wondering how to get along with a roommate, have fun on a student’s budget, handle the basics of living on your own, make it through college classes, and even figure out what to do when you graduate, then you’ve come to the right place! Here you’ll find tips about relationships, finances, productivity, studying, health, and beginning your life as an adult.

Who is Jamie? (…and why should I read what she blogs about?)

I’m a recent graduate of UC San Diego, where I worked hard to graduate early. I’m writing this blog for college students because I had to learn a lot of things “the hard way,” and I hope that my wide range of experiences in college will help you make a smoother transition from high school to college, and then on to grad school or a career.

My college experience was pretty diverse: I have lived with good and bad roommates, taken all kinds of classes, had several different part-time jobs, taken out loans, and won a scholarship to help me pay for school. I spent my first two years without a car. I have lived on and off campus, in a dorm room and in an apartment. As for my relationship status, during my college years I was single, dating, in a serious relationship, and I even got married just before starting my senior year of college. In my junior year of college, I found out that my Dad had cancer, and had to strike a better balance between school, work, and family.

I’m now working my first job, at a college planning company called Fox College Funding, a company that helps families find creative ways to reduce college costs (and I wish I’d known about them when I was in school–oops!).

All in all, college was a huge learning process, and I hope my experiences will make your path to graduation a little easier to navigate.

I’d love to hear from you, so don’t be afraid to contact me with any ideas, thoughts, questions, or comments. You can reach me via email or by simply leaving a comment (I read and respond to both!).

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  • 1. Surviving College Life &r&hellip  |  April 11th, 2008 at 10:16 am

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  • 2. Carlos  |  January 14th, 2009 at 9:24 am

    UCSD must have been awesome, I really wanted to go there when I was applying to college.

  • 3. James  |  June 17th, 2009 at 2:03 am

    This has been a really helpful site. I’m going to begin my first year of college in August, and all of these tips have been really useful. Thanks!

  • 4. Kaci  |  July 30th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    I’ve just recently discovered your site and I LOVE it. It’s incredibly helpful. I’m a full-time sophomore so budgeting is important to me and will be for a while (pre-pharm/pharmacy major). Thanks for the blogs you post, they are much more in touch with reality than others that are targeted toward college students.

  • 5. Sarah  |  September 3rd, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    love your blog–especially decor/food posts. I go to UCSD too.

  • 6. Juan  |  October 9th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    Hi,

    I am not sure if you have an article about tips to keep students awake while studying. As you know work and study consume a lot of energy. It will be nice to know something that boosts your energy.

    Thanks

  • 7. Ashley  |  October 15th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    I’m a high school senior trying to decide what schools I should apply to. I’ve been trying out AcceptEdge to get suggestions to check out, but how did you choose UCSD? Any other helpful tips?

  • 8. Erin  |  December 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 am

    Thanks for your kind words Jamie, your blog has been INVALUABLE for me! Even over here in australia your tips and tricks make me so much more confident about “launching” next year

  • 9. Jessica  |  January 24th, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    I love this site, it has helped a lot. When i saw your tip about taking a fun class like Gospel Choir i figured you had gone to UCSD. That is one of the most fun classes i have ever taken!

  • 10. Jamie  |  January 29th, 2010 at 11:56 am

    @ Jessica: I’m so glad you liked it! It was seriously the highlight of that quarter for me. Enjoy UCSD, and be sure you take some time to get out to the beach between classes! LJ is SO beautiful; I miss it! :)

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