Thursday, March 26, 2020

College Algebra For College Students Helps

College Algebra For College Students HelpsTo get college algebra for college students to help, you should not be concerned with the math book that is being used in your class. There are numerous math books that are found to be very good but unfortunately most people who purchase these textbooks have no idea about its contents or how to use it.One great course that you should start learning is algebra. There are several ways to learn algebra for college students help but the best way is by taking a class with a math teacher who is well-versed in the subject matter.With all the different math classes that are available, it is important that you take at least one and you can do this by enrolling for a math course online. This will give you an opportunity to take a look at a variety of math courses that you may need to take in the future and you will be able to learn from different professors and other students.It will also give you the chance to sit in on some practice tests. There are a lot of colleges that offer online college classes and it is important that you make sure that you choose the right college for you. In order to do this, it is essential that you enroll for a reputable online college course.Some other math courses that you can take are geometry, trigonometry, elementary statistics, and calculus. Once you start to study these math courses, you will soon be able to do algebra.It is very important that you know how to do algebra before you get involved in any course. There are some algebra methods that can help you solve equations and so much more and this can also be found in a college math course.Many students face difficulty in mastering some of the methods in mathematics because they are not aware of them but luckily there are many online resources that can help you with this. If you go to college algebra for college students help then you will be able to learn all about this subject very quickly.

Friday, March 6, 2020

Should I Go To The University of Rochester

Should I Go To The University of Rochester Ian is a current junior at the University of Rochester. He is majoring in chemistry, and specializes in AP Biology tutoring, organic chemistry tutoring, and a number of other subjects. Below, he shares his experience at the University of Rochester: Describe the campus setting and transportation options. Ian: The University of Rochester is set along the peaceful Genesee River in Rochester, NY. It is about four miles south of the small western New York city center of Rochester, NY. The university campus is flanked by the river on one side, Strong Memorial Hospital and University of Rochester Medical School Campus on another, and Mt. Hope Cemetery on another. This provides for a very quiet campus and not much cross-traffic from the outside community through the campus. This allows the best of both worlds for a university student, because you can have the feeling of a spacious, safe, and insulated campus that is not in a city, but have readily available access to the city if your heart so desires. If you want to get around the city and surrounding suburbs, this is easily accommodated by the bus system that the university maintains for students. All week long, there are shuttles that run from the university to the city, namely the Eastman School of Music, which is also part of the university. The buses have routes to get to the two local malls on the weekends, and you can even stop at a Wegmans while you are out. How available are the professors, academic advisors, and teaching assistants? Ian: The professors, advisors, and teaching assistants are readily available to anyone on campus. Professors and advisors will typically have posted office hours that you can freely visit them during, but you can also email them to set up another time to meet. In general, most people are very open and welcoming to meeting with students, because the environment on campus is a nurturing one that wants to see its students succeed. As a teaching assistant myself, I can say that teaching assistants will go out of their way to meet with you and help you with anything you are having trouble with, and are generally more available than professors and advisors. This makes planning a meeting time much easier and manageable. How would you describe the dorm liferooms, dining options, location, socialization opportunities with other students? Ian: Dorm life is something that is drastically different from any other type of living you may have experienced in your life. I mean that in the best sense, because you will meet so many new and exciting people while you are staying in a dorm environment. The rooms are split into doubles (two people live in one room) and singles (one person in a room). As a freshman, it is possible to be placed in a triple (three people in a room), which is a bummer because they typically do not have any bigger rooms than most doubles on campus. However, that is a living arrangement that will only last for your freshman year. After your freshman year, you have a lot of housing options for where you want to live. You can go to more apartment style living, which gives a much more independent sense of living, but they are typically located farther from the center of the campus. You can go into suite style dorms, where multiple people share a common space and a kitchen typically, and everyone has their own personal room to sleep in. You could also go into a normal single or double again. What is really cool is that, as a sophomore, Special Interest Housing becomes an option, which is the type of living I currently am in. Special Interest Housing is a collection of people that have very particular interests, and they all live together on the same floor and form a very close-knit group. My SIH, as they are called, is Interclass Living Community, and we try to endorse community on campus and the greater Rochester area by hosting different fun programs, being close friends, and having at least one volunteer activ ity per semester. Overall, there are many options to choose from and everyone has their own personal preferences. When it comes to dining, you can either have swipe plans, where you have a certain number of accesses to one of the dining halls, or a declining plan, which is just what we call our dedicated food money here. They both have advantages and disadvantage. Swipes are nice to go to the dining halls and eat, but you are limited to mostly just those food outlets. Declining often runs out very quickly, so many people start to share declining with each other to make it through a semester. Which majors/programs are best represented and supported? Ian: Hands down, the best supported and represented major/department is the biology department or the engineering department. The biology department/majors are widely broadcast because there are a lot of pre-medical students at the university. The engineering departments are widely publicized because there is an entire school of engineering attached to the university, the Hajim School of Engineering. I myself study chemistry and think that the chemistry department is very well seen on campus. Because of the wide disdain for organic chemistry that many pre-medical students have, I think it gets a bad rap. I myself am a pre-medical student, but I love the chemistry department, and I was roped in with organic chemistry in my freshman year by taking the freshman organic chemistry class that is offered to those that score high on the AP Chemistry exam. I enjoy chemistry just because, to me, it seems very elegant and everything just flows naturally from one state to another. It is an amazing field to study and I love every aspect of it. How easy or difficult was it for you to meet people and make friends as a freshman? Does Greek life play a significant role in the campus social life? Ian: When I first came to the university as a freshman, meeting new people was extremely easy. Almost everyone here is ready and willing to help other people out, and it makes an open and welcoming environment for people to enter. With the number of different clubs and activities, there is something here for everyone to do to be involved in and meet new people. I personally joined the Quidditch team and made most of my friends there in my freshman year, while also having a great time playing an awesome, new, up-and-coming sport and travelling with the team. And even if you dont like sports, there are other more academic activities, or just fun things to join in. There is also a relatively large Greek life presence on campus. It is possible to avoid Greek life for all four years that you might spend in Rochester, but most people go to at least one or two events during that time. For the most part, Greek life is a wonderful experience and those involved in it, including myself, have no regrets about their decision to join. I have made great friends in my fraternity, and I love all my brothers. How helpful is the Career Centerand other student support services? Ian: I personally have not used the Career Center or many of the other support services that are readily available on campus, but I have used UCC (University Counseling Center) and UHS (University Health Service). UCC and UHS have been a joy to visit when you need it, because the people that work in these two services care about your overall health. The UCC system, however, can become very full, so making an appointment can be several weeks in the future and may not be of help for whatever you may be experiencing at the time. I have received many emails from the other support services of different opportunities that are ongoing, so I imagine if you reach out to them they would be helpful. The events that they advertise over email tend to be career panels hosted by different groups and career fairs or company visits, so there is plenty of opportunity. How are the various study areas, such aslibraries, the student union, and dorm lounges? Are they over-crowded, easily available, spacious? Ian: Another of the beautiful experiences of the Rochester campus is that there are so many places that anyone can study, depending on what you need to study. If you need absolute quiet to study and be productive with work, there are the Stacks in Rush Rhees Library where there are several floors that are composed of shelves of books and desks to work at. If you might need a little more noise in your studying, you can go to one of the other library spaces on campus, such as Carlson Library, Wilson Commons, or any other space you can find. If you need a very social space to study, Gleason Library is the place to go. I dont actually know why Gleason Library is called a library, because there arent any books there. But, like any college or university, how many people are trying to study in any given space is dictated by the time of the semester and if people have looming exams. Most times during the semester, though, it is a relatively easy task to find a study space. Describe the surrounding town. Ian: The area immediately around the campus has been renovating and building up new, and the newest addition is called College Town. This is a small area with a few shops, restaurants, and other things that students will regularly visit to get a meal, get books from the bookstore, or buy Insomnia Cookies (something you will learn to love if you attend the university). Beyond that, on the weekends most students will get on a bus and either explore the downtown area, possibly getting a cup of Joe from Javas Coffee, or sometimes students will go to one of the local malls or Wegmans to explore. If you have a different trip in mind, there are also Zipcars available to rent and drive to anywhere you might want to go, which, again, there are a lot of options since you are in western New York. You could go on a day trip to Niagara Falls, about an hour and a half west, or maybe you plan a day trip and a hike with friends in Lewiston State Park and all the beautiful gorges there, or maybe you just take a drive on the I-90 when the leaves are changing in the fall to look in awe at the beautiful array of colors on the trees. There is always something to do around campus or on campus, depending on what you want to do. How big or small is the student body? Were you generally pleased or displeased with the typical class sizes? Ian: The student body is fairly small at about 4,500 undergraduate students. At this size, you will regularly see some people throughout your day, or sometimes you can see the same person four or five times while just walking through the halls. This gives a very small and tight-knit community feeling that makes the campus truly feel like home. What is an odd little effect of this is that as you get to know more people on campus, you may find that your friends all know each other independent of you. This atmosphere also translates into the class sizes, as well. For the most part, class sizes are fairly small and you can get to know your professor if you put yourself out there and try to make that connection. However, the traditional introductory science courses and the pre-medical courses are always filled with people and average somewhere between 60-80 students. But, these are introductory courses that everyone has to take, and class sizes drop off after this. Most classes have about 10-20 students, which in my mind is a comfortable number to learn as a student. Describe one memorable experience with a professor and/or class. Perhaps one you loved the most or one youregretthe most. Ian: The most memorable experiences I have ever had in a class was during my freshman year during a lab lecture for second semester organic chemistry lab. The professor was telling us about scientific papers and we had a lab report due in the next few days, and they often were very long write-ups due to the inclusion of large graphs and tables. Despite their length, most of us had developed a certain amount of laziness in writing them and would wait until the last few days before the lab was due to write it out. In the lecture, the professor was commenting about lab reports and he casually dropped the comment of: but you all probably havent started writing them yet, and we all thought it was hilarious. In the same lecture, he commented on how he couldnt remember the last time he read something over 20 pages long, which we all connected with, and it was a great laugh. He was my favorite professor in my freshman year. However, with all good experiences, there are bad experiences and I will detail one that was not as great. In one of the introductory public health courses, the professor was an interim professor (thus this professor is no longer here), and would casually make disparaging comments about doctors, which I thought was frustrating because a lot of students here are pre-medical students. This was unfortunate, but has so far been an isolated experience, but one worth sharing. Check out Ians tutoring profile. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of Varsity Tutors.

The Importance of Practice Tests for Effective Test Preparation

The Importance of Practice Tests for Effective Test Preparation Hello AJ Tutoring clients and friends! We hope you all are having a great school year so far. One thing on the minds of many juniors these days is getting ready for the SAT and ACT.Completing full practice tests is a great way for students to get the feel of the test and track their progress. Sometimes, though, a student will come to our next tutoring session with the test partially completed, or not done under ideal circumstances. This ends up partly wasting the student’s time, since we can’t get an accurate idea of how he or she is doing. Which begs the question: what should it look like when students do practice tests for homework?If possible, we always encourage students to take proctored tests offered every weekend at many of our locations throughout the Bay Area. We’ll tell students what to do and when, just like the day of the test. This takes guesswork out of the equation and gives accurate results. Plus, students get their tutoring homework done in one morning. Win-win !But if it’s not possible to come in for a proctored test, students should do the test at home, in an environment that resembles the testing environment as closely as possible (minus all the other stressed-out students). What should this look like?1. NO DISTRACTIONS!This is so important. Most high schoolers treat their phones like extra appendages. You can’t have phones during the SAT, so don’t have them out while you’re taking a practice test. You can use the phone as a timer, but put it across the room. No talking, no texting, no Facebook.2. Do the whole test in one sitting.Yes, this is hard, and yes, it will take about four hours. Yes, we know you have sports and theater and hours of homework to do. But test day is a marathon, not a sprint. Lots of students could get great scores, if only they could split up the test over many days! The SAT is partly testing your ability to focus and think for several hours straight, so you need to practice that. No shortcuts here!3. Time it like the actual test.Follow the timing directions at the top of each section, and set a timer to go off when time’s up. Stop writing when you hear the timer, and don’t fill in more answers.4. Go in order.Don’t do all the math sections at once, or all the reading and writing sections together. Complete sections in the order they’re presented in the test.5. Take the test when you’re feeling rested.Weekend mornings are a great time to take practice tests because the test itself is given on a Saturday morning. Regardless of what day you choose to complete the practice test, don’t start it at 9 o’clock at night on a Thursday night after you finished all your other homework. Practice tests completed at 1 o’clock in the morning don’t end well: trust us!6. Parents: help create a good environment.Make sure your son or daughter has a cleaned-off place to sit and complete the test without distractions. Don’t interrupt to talk or ask questions. Encourage them to do the t est in one sitting, and provide positive reinforcement when they get it done. Put the test up on the fridge after they get the score back (okay, you don’t have to do the last part).Completing several practice tests under testing conditions is one of the best predictors we at AJ Tutoring have found for a student’s eventual score improvement. Implementing the advice above is sure to help you have a great test day when the real exam finally rolls around.If you’d like to sign up for SAT or ACT preparation, or if your student needs help getting ready for the ISEE, SSAT, or HSPT, please give us a call today!

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Six Ways Parents Can Help Children Master the Task of Prioritization

Six Ways Parents Can Help Children Master the Task of Prioritization As every parent knows, time management is an essential aptitude that students must have to be successful. At the core of good time management skills, however, is the ability to prioritize: to rank tasks from most to least important. Children who are capable of prioritizing their to-dos are at an advantage in several important ways: They make the most of their time. They have greater control over their schedules. They tend to be less stressed. They tend to have more free time (due to minimized procrastination). Parents: if you want to help your children become better managers of their time, teach them how to prioritize their school work and incorporate this practice into their daily routine. Here are six ways to do just that: Start with the big picture. Your child should have a master to-do list with everything on it that he or she is responsible for. This should include immediate tasks as well as those that are on the horizon (a week or a month out). Divide things up. Armed with the master list, have your child divide homework assignments into three groups: things due tomorrow, things due this week, things due next week or beyond. Create the high-priority to-do list for the night. The first listthings due tomorrowis where your child should focus his or her attention at homework time each night. Before getting started, children should rank everything they have to do for tomorrow from most to least important. Order of importance might be subjective, but it could be based on how early in the day the subject/class falls and whether theres an opportunity to do any work in a study hall or free period before it. Rank items from hardest to easiest. The top priority items are all important, so for some children, its easiest to think about what homework requires the most effort and time. That refined nightly to-do list might look like this: Math - p. 10-11 Most important (1st period) Hard 40 minutes English - edit essay Equally important (2nd period) Easy 30 minutes Social Studies -read Important, could be done tomorrow Medium hard 30 minutes Consider study preferences. Does your child like to work on the hardest homework first, or would checking off some of the less difficult assignments give a sense of accomplishment? Only your child can decide what works best for his or her brain. It might take a little trial and error to figure out those study preferences, but dont worry. The more your child does this, the easier (and faster) this decision-making process will become. Develop a plan for the bigger projects. While the above strategy works well for daily assignments, for more intensive projects, its a good idea to create a workback schedule to keep your child on track and focused on any deadlines. A project due February 1 might seem far away, but a detailed schedule might show your child that there are actually tasks he or she could start doing much sooner. Consider this example schedule for an English paper: Choose topic January 2 Research compiled January 5 Create outline January 8 Finish any additional research January 10 First draft January 13 Review and revise January 15 Second draft January 17 Have parent/peer review/edit January 18 Revise, third draft January 20 Get teacher feedback January 21 Revise January 23 Final edits January 25 Fourth draft January 27 Final review and proof January 28 Submit January 29 Dont we all want to make homework time less stressful and more efficient? The simple task of prioritization helps children establish effective working habits for any homework that comes their way. Rather than waste time fretting about how much is on the plate and procrastinating, a child who is adept at prioritizing will quickly assess what he or she has to do and dive right in. If your child struggles with time management and your efforts to set him or her on a positive path arent working, call Huntington. We can help your child get into a good routine and boost his or her confidence. Call us at 1-800-CAN LEARN today. About Huntington Huntington is the tutoring and test prep leader.Its certified tutors provide individualized instruction in reading, phonics, writing, study skills, elementary and middle school math, Algebra through Calculus, Chemistry, and other sciences. It preps for the SAT and ACT, as well as state and standardized exams. Huntington programs develop the skills, confidence, and motivation to help students succeed and meet the needs of Common Core State Standards. Founded in 1977, Huntingtons mission is to give every student the best education possible. Learn how Huntington can help at www.huntingtonhelps.com. For franchise opportunities please visit www.huntingtonfranchise.com. 2018 Huntington Mark, LLC. Huntington Learning Center, the three-leaf logo, and 1 800 CAN LEARN are registered trademarks of Huntington Mark, LLC. Each franchised Huntington Learning Center is operated under a franchise agreement with Huntington Learning Centers, Inc.

10USD Referral Promo Month of May Only!

10USD Referral Promo Month of May Only! Hurry this  offer is only valid during the month of May!   Give your friends 10USD to learn a language! During the month of May, italki is running a very special referral promotion.  Simply invite your friends to join italki  and take an online lesson  with any of our 1000s of online language teachers teaching any of 100+ languages,  and  they’ll get 10USD in italki credits. Best of all,  youll get 10USD in italki credits  too! Heres how it works: There’s no limit!    Tell all your friends  about the gift of language that gifts you back! Click Here To Give Your Friends 10USD in italki credits (ITC) Keep Track Your Referrals One of the great things about our referral program is that you can keep track of your referrals.  Youll know which friends have signed up, which ones have gone on to purchase ITC so youll know exactly who will receive the italki credits! On your Referral Page, simply click on View your Referral Account and it will show you the status of everyone who youve referred! 10USD Referral Promo Month of May Only! Hurry this  offer is only valid during the month of May!   Give your friends 10USD to learn a language! During the month of May, italki is running a very special referral promotion.  Simply invite your friends to join italki  and take an online lesson  with any of our 1000s of online language teachers teaching any of 100+ languages,  and  they’ll get 10USD in italki credits. Best of all,  youll get 10USD in italki credits  too! Heres how it works: There’s no limit!    Tell all your friends  about the gift of language that gifts you back! Click Here To Give Your Friends 10USD in italki credits (ITC) Keep Track Your Referrals One of the great things about our referral program is that you can keep track of your referrals.  Youll know which friends have signed up, which ones have gone on to purchase ITC so youll know exactly who will receive the italki credits! On your Referral Page, simply click on View your Referral Account and it will show you the status of everyone who youve referred!

Instructor Spotlight Jennifer Ju

Instructor Spotlight Jennifer Ju Instructor Spotlight: Jennifer Ju Jennifer Ju, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison â€" North, and Helen Kim, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of East Brunswick As a second-generation Kumon franchise owner, Jennifer Ju, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison â€" North, is carrying on the success of her mother, Helen Kim. “I knew immediately that Jennifer was going to make a great Instructor, and that she was going to bring a new energy to the Kumon Center” said Helen. Jennifer isn’t just a second-generation Kumon Instructor, she brings another unique perspective to her centerâ€"former Kumon Student. She enrolled in Kumon at four years old, and successfully completed the both the math and reading programs by the time she was 15. The love that she developed for math and the sense of confidence that the Kumon Method instilled, inspired her to become an engineer. She was a valuable member of the civil engineering firm responsible for developing E-ZPass, the electronic toll collection system used in most northeastern states. Even though she spent most of her youth in her mom’s Kumon Center, first as a student and then as an assistant, she never saw herself becoming the owner and instructor of her own center. She was on the path of becoming a professional engineer, when life opened a new door. She had the opportunity to takeover one of her mom’s Kumon Centers and become her own boss. Jennifer will continue to live out her mother’s legacy through her instruction and innovation. She was raised as a Kumon child and is now a successful Kumon Instructor with a lot of spunk and personality to share with her students! Learn more about the Kumon franchise opportunity and discover additional franchisee success stories. You might also be interested in: Instructor Spotlight: Rudi Hwang Instructor Spotlight: Alex Tang Instructor Spotlight: Sherman Liu Instructor Spotlight: Ann Quigley Instructor Spotlight Jennifer Ju Instructor Spotlight: Jennifer Ju Jennifer Ju, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison â€" North, and Helen Kim, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of East Brunswick As a second-generation Kumon franchise owner, Jennifer Ju, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison â€" North, is carrying on the success of her mother, Helen Kim. “I knew immediately that Jennifer was going to make a great Instructor, and that she was going to bring a new energy to the Kumon Center” said Helen. Jennifer isn’t just a second-generation Kumon Instructor, she brings another unique perspective to her centerâ€"former Kumon Student. She enrolled in Kumon at four years old, and successfully completed the both the math and reading programs by the time she was 15. The love that she developed for math and the sense of confidence that the Kumon Method instilled, inspired her to become an engineer. She was a valuable member of the civil engineering firm responsible for developing E-ZPass, the electronic toll collection system used in most northeastern states. Even though she spent most of her youth in her mom’s Kumon Center, first as a student and then as an assistant, she never saw herself becoming the owner and instructor of her own center. She was on the path of becoming a professional engineer, when life opened a new door. She had the opportunity to takeover one of her mom’s Kumon Centers and become her own boss. Jennifer will continue to live out her mother’s legacy through her instruction and innovation. She was raised as a Kumon child and is now a successful Kumon Instructor with a lot of spunk and personality to share with her students! Learn more about the Kumon franchise opportunity and discover additional franchisee success stories. You might also be interested in: Instructor Spotlight: Rudi Hwang Instructor Spotlight: Alex Tang Instructor Spotlight: Sherman Liu Instructor Spotlight: Ann Quigley

Student Blogging The Dos and Donts - by TutorNerds

Student Blogging The Dos and Donts - by TutorNerds The Dos and Donts of Student Blogging Almost every high school student is on Facebook, Twitter, and every other type of social media these days. Just like most social communities, tweeting and blogging can be used for good or evil. Students who know how to blog the right way can put themselves in a good network for college applications, while students who blog the wrong way can find themselves in a bit of hot water.               Do:   Keep everything positive or neutral Students who write excessively negative personal blogs may be seen as someone who cant see the good in life or somebody who likes to complain. Of course, there are plenty of bad things out there to discuss, but social media is not the right place for college prep students to post them. Negative comments should be kept off-line and everything displayed on the Internet should be positive or neutral. Do: Show a balanced view If students are writing about current events or current affairs, they are encouraged to show a balanced viewpoint as opposed to a simple opinion of their own. Students who can demonstrate that they see both sides, even if they have a strong opinion about one or the other, show that they are not only good writers but balanced journalists and thinkers (READ: 5 Reasons Students Should Blog). Dont: Write about something that is not in your area of expertise Students who are adept in the world of mobile apps, should consider writing a blog about reviewing these applications. However, if they have never been to the ballet, perhaps a critique on dance is not appropriate. A blog is something that is usually about one topic or a series of related topics and the blogger, regardless of their age, should have at least some expertise in this area. Do: Mention that its a student blog Someone who is 16 years old is not expected to have the same amount of knowledge or experience as a professional in their 40s. Its important to be upfront and honest that the blog is written by a student and that they are expressing their own opinion. Theres nothing wrong with having a student blog, in fact its a great way to showcase knowledge and talent however, students should not imply that they are attempting to masquerade as a seasoned professional (READ: 6 Ways to Spend Your February Break). Do: Link to other helpful sites Students who are writing about, say, college applications on their blog should consider linking to helpful sites such as local universities, the College Board, the Department of Education, etc Adding site links makes a blog appear more professional and well thought out, and also makes it more helpful to the reader. Dont: Publish a blog without proofreading Blogs should never be published without a full proofread. The student would never want to showcase that they have grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors throughout their writing (READ: Five Tips For Success in English Class). Even the most seasoned professional writer will make mistakes here and there, which is why they either do an extensive proofread on their own or hire an editor. Because blogs are published almost every day, its recommended that students get together and help each other proofread so they can catch the most common errors at the very least remember, you can always ask your private Irvine English tutor to help. In short? Because blogging is relatively new and is something that students before generation Y didnt have to think about, many of the seemingly obvious Dos and Donts are not adhered to. Students who are considering writing a blog should remember to keep things in a positive light, always be balanced, and also make sure that the language is varied, grammatically correct, and appropriate so that they can communicate well to the reader and showcase their unique talents. All blog entries, with the exception of guest bloggers, are written by Tutor Nerds. Are you an education professional? If so, email us at pr@tutornerds.com for guest blogging and collaborations. We want to make this the best free education resource in SoCal, so feel free to suggest what you would like to see us post about â€" our Orange County private academic tutors are happy to help.

How To Organize Bill Payments

How To Organize Bill Payments pexels.com Make a bill paying day. Every time you run out of an ingredient or type of food in your house, you do not go running to the supermarket immediately only to buy that one item, right? You either wait until you are low on food and must go shopping or you have given yourself a specific day of the week that you always grocery shop on. And you usually do not do so pell-mell, grabbing whatever you feel like and putting it in your cart, only realizing once you have arrived home that you forgot to buy some staple ingredients. No! You are much more organized than that in fact you sometimes even have a grocery list. Why should paying your bills be any different? Instead of trying to remember the due date of each bill payment and maybe missing it, assign yourself a day or two that is devoted to bill-paying. It should be the same day(s) every month and stick to that pattern. Decide that the 15th of each month (or the 1st and the 15th of each month) is when you are going to pay your bills. Choosing days closer to the days when you get paid is ideal so that you can be sure you have the money to pay the bills at those times. Go down your checklist of bills that need to be paid and sit there and do them all at once. That way, you will not forget or miss any and everything will be paid right on time (if not early)! Write it down. Sometimes it can even be hard to remember what bills you need to pay, not even mentioning when you need to pay them. Some are not monthly, which can be harder to remember, or their due dates can be different each month. The best way to keep your bill payments organized is to write everything down. Start at the beginning. What bills do you need to pay? How often? By which dates? Then write it down somewhere that you are going to look and check often. Are you the kind of student that writes everything on a whiteboard in your room to keep track? Do you live by the dictates of your planner and write everything down in it? Do you keep a piece of paper tacked to your fridge so that you see it each time you open it? Whatever is best for you, write down and keep your list there in easy access so that you never miss another bill payment again. pexels.com Keep everything together. A lot of companies have been slowly transitioning to only providing you with electronic bills that you can pay online. But many companies still prefer and insist on sending printed bills and those can be the hardest to keep track of. You have a busy daily life and sometimes, you can just toss the mail to the side. However, that is how bills get lost. And lost bills become unpaid bills and it can all be a big mess. Avoid this by keeping all your bills together in a safe place. As soon as you receive it, put it in the pile to be addressed on your bill paying day. If you have a space on your bookshelf, keep them held up on your fridge with a magnet, or safeguard them in a little basket; do what you need to to keep them together and in a place that you will not later forget. There is nothing worse than knowing you have all the bills and that they are all together but you still cannot pay them because you cannot remember where you hid them! You can also keep all your online bills in the same place. Email inboxes can be messy places! Create two folders devoted to bill paying. One folder can be labeled Unpaid Bills and the second Paid Bills. Keep those online bills in the Unpaid folder until that one or two days a month you sit down to pay bills, and once they are paid, move them into the paid folder!

What Is Surface Area In Chemistry?

What Is Surface Area In Chemistry?What is the surface area in chemistry? The answer is, the area in the chemical reaction is used to determine if a compound is a good catalyst for another. This is the reason why reactions are often many different steps, as the surface area is very important to help.Consider the example reaction where water is taken to be H2O, and then it is vaporized and condensed. How can you use surface area to help you determine if this mixture is a good catalyst? A surface area calculator is one tool that will give you an estimate of how many molecules you would need for this reaction to occur. So, you could calculate the number of molecules, and then divide by the surface area to give you the percentage of surface area. The next step is to see if you have the right number of molecules for the reaction to work.Although this is not the best example, it does point out how important surface area is to today's day. Although it is generally accepted that oxygen reacts with water at a temperature of about 100 degrees Celsius, there are other reactions that make use of surface area. Some examples of these are:Other uses of surface area are to create more efficient materials, and more rapid processes. These uses of surface area are how things like fuel cells work, and how cars operate when they have an exhaust pipe that will pass through a metal pipe, and make use of surface area. There are other uses of surface area, such as the way jewelry is shaped so it can better attract and hold a shape.So, what is the surface area in chemistry? When it comes to products, this is the area in which the rate of reaction, and therefore the products, can be calculated. Many of the reactions are very complicated, and using calculations, it is possible to figure out just how much is needed to complete the reaction.Surface area is also used in research and other activities. It is used in a number of ways, and different chemical reactions will require different areas for the calculations. This is why it is important to have the proper tools, and why most chemists and scientists will do calculations using a calculation software program. This will save them time and allow them to focus on more important things.So, what is the surface area in chemistry? Surface area is the surface area of a substance in a chemical reaction. Therefore, it can help you determine if a reaction is going to be a success, or if it is going to lead to a waste product. This is what can give you some insight into how things really work.