15 College Hacks You Need to Know for the 2014-15 School Year

By Reboot Illinois

Regardless if you’re an Illinois student who attends college out of state or if you’re a student at one of the many schools in Illinois, the 2014-15 academic year is starting in the next few weeks if it hasn’t already. With your world right now being one of textbook purchases, syllabi and move-in dates, we want to offer our help to make this your best year yet at college, whether you’re an incoming freshman or starting the bell lap known as senior year.

That’s why we came up with 15 helpful college hacks from our time at school. We can’t guarantee they will help you get that diploma, but they will make the journey a little bit easier.

Speaking of making the journey to the diplomaOMIT a little easier, if you’re starting to look for colleges and are frightened by the high costs, you might want to check out these four affordable Illinois colleges.

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