Hoosier, Ready for The Next Four Years?
Michelle Balaun2020-08-26T13:01:50-04:00Becoming a Hoosier If you have a student ready to spend the next four years at Indiana University Bloomington and plan to visit, get ready to get a glim [...]
What You Should Do Before Heading to Indiana
Michelle Balaun2020-06-11T13:29:02-04:00Before you leave… Before you leave to take your kid to college, there are a few items you will want to take care of that are extremely important. Most c [...]
FAFSA – all the details you need!
Michelle Balaun2020-10-02T10:25:42-04:00First Applicants Find Substantial Assets, FAFSA of course! FAFSA is the national Free Application for Federal Student Aid but, based on how aid is distr [...]
Getting There – Transportation
Michelle Balaun2020-05-12T15:52:55-04:00Trains, Planes, and Automobiles...All the Transportation You Can Think Of Whether it will be the first time dropping off your student, visiting them for [...]
Move-In? All the Tips and Tricks to Making it Easy
Michelle Balaun2020-06-12T12:40:41-04:00Move-In Date! Apartments and Dorms It's time... move-in dates are set! Your student has been given their move-in date and dorm/residence assignment! Now [...]
Orient Yourself With These Orientation Tips
Michelle Balaun2020-05-13T15:35:24-04:00Orientation Overwhelm Potential Orientation, the beginning of the journey. If two nights and two days can make your head spin, these might be the two. I [...]
So You Want to Be an Indiana Hoosier
Michelle Balaun2020-10-28T12:37:32-04:00Of course, you want to be a Hoosier! I was a senior in high school visiting my best friend who was a Freshman at IU. I wasn’t even thinking about becomi [...]
The Stress of College
Michelle Balaun2020-05-15T14:36:31-04:00Here are Ways to Beat Stress at School Stress is a real issue in college life. Although college is a lot of fun and games, students also have a heavy co [...]
They’ve Been Accepted, A New Hoosier!
Michelle Balaun2020-05-16T16:36:43-04:00Accepted, here’s what you do now, new Hoosier! For those of you who have been accepted, and are lucky enough to be a future Hoosier, congratulations! It [...]
How to Transition as a Transfer Student
Michelle Balaun2020-05-21T12:54:28-04:00Better late than never. Transfer requirements. Want to transfer to a university, especially one as large as Indiana University, can be nerve-racking, bu [...]
Student Accessibility Resources at IU
Michelle Balaun2020-05-28T13:02:53-04:00Accessibility Accommodations for all Students Accessibility for all students is an important issue. Before college, I went to public schools in my town [...]
Searching for Scholarships to Pay for College
Michelle Balaun2020-08-21T17:57:24-04:00Now you’ll need to pay for that college! Scholarships can help you manage the financial pressures of starting college. Almost as soon as the first accep [...]
Auxiliary Fees for Classes
Michelle Balaun2020-08-06T11:53:40-04:00HaveUHeard of These Fees? There is no denying that college tuition, itself, is a huge expense; however, on top of the cost, HaveUHeard that some classes [...]
Taking the Campus Tour
Michelle Balaun2020-09-05T09:26:32-04:00A Tour Can Help You Make Your College Decision It’s the season for campus tours. Many of you have already visited a multitude of schools but now that th [...]
Advice I Would Give My Freshman Self
Michelle Balaun2020-08-06T21:24:46-04:00A Little Advice Goes a Long Way We could do with a bit of advice. Moving to an unfamiliar place where you don’t know the area or a lot of people can be [...]
Who are You Going to Call?
Michelle Balaun2020-07-06T13:31:04-04:00…When You Need Answers, You can Call! When you have a University-related question, sometimes the hardest part about this is not knowing who to call. At [...]
Transferring to IU
Michelle Balaun2020-05-26T11:15:08-04:00Transferring and Change is Good Some students leave for college unsure of what to find and realize when they get there it is not the place for them. Per [...]
IU COVID Updates
Michelle Balaun2020-08-14T12:45:53-04:00Stay Up to Date on COVID Plans Seems like finding the right COVID update in this unusual time is tricky. I don’t think I have ever used the word unprece [...]
Need Advice? Get Some Advising
Michelle Balaun2020-07-27T11:25:40-04:00Our Advice Guide to Getting An Advising Appointment The demand for academic advising increases as registration for the next semester approaches. Advisor [...]
Make The Call to Admissions
Michelle Balaun2020-08-26T13:00:35-04:00If You’re Worried, Then Call… Perhaps you’ve dreamed of going to IU only to have been denied admission or have a conditional admission. While calling ad [...]
Technology Needs at IU
Michelle Balaun2020-08-18T13:59:48-04:00Check Out What You Get for Free! HaveUHeard that Microsoft Office 365 is free for all enrolled IU Students? Office 365 is a cloud-based suite of product [...]
Top Majors to Consider at IU
Michelle Balaun2020-07-22T10:17:55-04:00So Many Majors To Choose From What are the best majors, well that depends. Indiana University is in the top one hundred public universities while it giv [...]