Back to School: Staying Connected to What Matters
Transitioning to college or graduate school for the first — or third — time can uproot you physically, mentally and spiritually. It’s important to remember…
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Dorm Room Care Package
It’s that time of year again — back to school! You might be (or know) a college freshman, junior, or grad student. Even if you…
6 Bad Habits in High School (and what they’ll look like in college)
High school students are entering a critical time of year — college acceptance/rejection letter season — when seniors find out where they got in and…
Freshman Survival 2013 — A User’s Guide
The next few months are anxiety-filled times not only for students but for parents and high school educators as well, as they begin finding out…
10 Things High School Grads Need To Know About College
So you’ve just graduated high school. Congratulations! When people ask you, “So what are you doing in the fall?” you know the answer. Maybe you’ve…
Survival Story
On the eve of the publication of their book, co-authors Nora Bradbury-Haehl and Bill McGarvey discuss how, over the course of six years, an evening…
The Freshman Survival Guide
Welcome to the 2010 version of Busted Halo’s Freshman Survival Guide — the first college guide to offer a holistic look into the lives of college students by combining practical advice on student life — academics, relationships and lifestyle — with guidance on coping with the emotional and spiritual issues college students face. Here are our online Freshman Survival Guide resources for 2010:
La Lupe
I guess I wasn’t all that different from most college freshman who get swept off their feet. Every year, scores of first-year collegians return home…
Good Catholic Boy
I want to have sex. There I said it; it is out in the open, loud and clear, true and honest. My girlfriend wants to…
