Use Dwolla To Manage Your Flashnotes Cash

We love keeping our options open- both in and out of school. That’s why we’re now offering another option when it comes to payouts!

Thanks to all of your feedback, Flashnotes has improved our service. We’ve partnered with Dwolla!

Dwolla is a great payment network that’s secure and hassle free. You can access your account from anywhere (even your smartphone), which makes it super convenient to use. Allow anyone (or anything) connected to the internet to move money quickly, safely & at the lowest cost possible.

Students already use Dwolla for everyday transactions (like paying back friends for those late night pizzas), so we’re excited to add one more daily transaction onto your tab- your Flashnotes earnings! Students can now easily manage their Flashnotes paychecks from their Dwolla accounts with a simple click of a mouse. 

Want to know the best part? You can transfer money between Dwolla and your bank or credit union anytime you want, for free. That’s music to our ears: free is our favorite word.

Flashnotes is all about helping students, and in honor of that, we like to provide them with the best possible service. School is filled with enough headaches; payment issues shouldn’t be one of them.

Want to give it a go? Sign up for Dwolla here!

Make the Most Out of Your Career Center

We know that as the weather gets warmer, the semester is coming to an end. For some of you (the lucky ones) the warm weather brings an end to your entire college experience. So, now is the time to make the most out of your career center.

Whether you have visited the career center once every month or have never even stepped foot into the building, make it a point to drop by the office before the semester ends.

The career counselors’ main job is to get you a job. How awesome is that?! Your university literally pays someone to help you find you a job. I can’t even explain how great of a concept this is, but if you’re not excited now, here are four reasons why you should care:

The career center can perfect your resumé. Don’t have any work experience? That’s fine, the career counselors can fluff up your resumé to make it look like you do. With the help of a counselor, you can. Don’t know how to organize your resumé? That’s alright- the career counselors can provide you with some eye-catching ideas to make your resumé stand out from the rest.

The career center can help you perfect your LinkedIn. If you haven’t already joined LinkedIn, you should join right now. March down to the career center and have the kind counselor help you pimp out your account. The first step to making a great first impression (and you only get one shot at making a first impression) is to make sure your LinkedIn is professional, up-to-date, robust, and shows your personality.

The career center can help you figure out what to do with your major. Don’t know what you want to do with your life? The career counselors can help you figure it out. They ask the right questions and guide you towards discovering what makes you happy. What happens when you majored in something that has a limited job field? Your career counselor can help you think of applicable skills learned from your major and apply them to jobs in other fields. It’s okay to start a career in something other than your field of choice. Nine times out of ten your career won’t be in the same field that you majored in. It’s perfectly normal.

The career center can actually find you a job/paid internship. Once you have an idea of your dream career, the career counselors can help you narrow down the different power players in that industry as well as their up-and-coming competitors. If your career counselor is really awesome (most of them are) than he/she will be able to reach out to the business and arrange an introduction for you.

The career center at your university will basically hold your hand as they walk you through the process of finding a job after college. Their livelihood depends on making sure you’re employed. So while being a broke college student isn’t fun, you don’t have to remain a broke college student after you graduate. The lovely career center counselors have got your back.

Don’t want to drop by the career center on your campus? Check out these online options that we love, too.

New Grad Life is a great resource for all things career oriented. Follow them on Twitter for easy updates!

Career Builder is like Monster.com but with the added bonus of helping you perfect that resumé.

The Huffington Post College always has a plethora of useful college information, including career advice.

Brand Ambassador Spotlight- Zara

It’s that time again! Our Brand Ambassador spotlight is now shining down on our newest member of our team- Zara. She’s the BA from BU!

Her enthusiasm is unparalleled and frankly all of us in the office are impressed. We think her communications major and business administration minor really allow her to be one of the most productive Brand Ambassadors we have.  She’s a dedicated, goal-oriented student and we’re so thankful to be working with her at Boston University.

Zara is constantly busy with school, but she says she doesn’t worry about balancing time between school and her position at Flashnotes. “What people might not realize is that a lot of the time Flashnotes is interchangeable with school. Even if you might be making notes to sell on Flashnotes, your making notes for classes nonetheless.”

But there are a number of options out there when you want to pick up a part time job, so we asked Zara why she decided to use Flashnotes out of all the other options. She says, “It was really the interpersonal relationship that Flashnotes tries to build that made me feel immersed into the family and more motivated to further our brand name”.

We hope she enjoys a much deserved summer break; we can’t wait to start another semester with Zara! Welcome to the family!

A Summary of Finals Week in Tweets

If you’re like us and addicted to social media, you have probably seen all of the tweets and Facebook status updates about finals. Twitter has become a nationwide pity party. There are literally hundreds of pictures of people complaining about finals. Some of them were desperate, some of them were hilarious, but all of them seem to come to one consensus- finals suck.

This isn’t new information. Anyone who has ever taken a college final knows the excruciating pain and suffering that taking a final can produce: hours of time spent studying, lack of sleep, and mostly just sheer frustration. (High schoolers- you have no idea how hard finals are until you are in college- so let’s leave this conversation to the big kids).

In honor of finals week, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite finals week tweets to share with you. Whether you are finished with finals, still have finals to do, or not even in school anymore, I hope you can enjoy the beauty in other people’s finals week breakdowns.

 

“I can’t make myself study for more than 10 minutes at a time before I just get really angry at life”- unknown

“ugh…”- everyone, everywhere

“Walking around the library waking kids up with a bullhorn and screaming ‘OH MY GOD, YOU SLEPT THROUGH YOUR FINAL!!!!’ #finalsweek “- @NotBrooksKeel

“Finals week: the struggle is real”- unknown

“You’re not doing finals week right if you don’t wear the clothes you slept in to take your test”- @bigtuckkk

“Going to the library during finals week is like going to the gym during spring break #desperate” -@jessiepauley

“I can never forget the good times I had in college. They keep sending me my loan bills to remind me.” – @CollegeTownLife

“Opening textbooks during finals that still have that brand new book smell. #TFM” -@totalfratmove

“Oh finals week. When college students replace shots of liquor with shots of espresso.“- @_DrunkBlonde

“The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing #finalsweek” – @HeatherMerphy

 

I hope this has brought somewhat of a smile to your face (or at least you did that little breathing out of the nose thing that is supposed to be a laugh). In any case, we hope this made you realize that although finals can suck sometimes, they bring all college students together (even if it is to laugh at each others misery).

Have a hilarious finals week quote from your own newsfeed? Share it here!

Make the Most Out of Finals

It’s that time of the year- finals! To some, merely mentioning the word will send them into a panic attack. Others actually look forward to finals season. What kind of crazy human being would EVER look forwards to finals? I’m glad you asked.

Flashnotes users do! Finals time is the best time to gather up all those notes and flashcards and make a profit off of them. Want to spend your summer sipping lemonade and vodka by the pool? How about handcrafting a good ‘ol fashioned 30 foot long slip ‘n slide? Whatever you decide to do, you can pay for your extravagant college lifestyle by selling your notes!

Whether you’ve already finished finals or you still have 6 more to go, we can help you.

If you’ve already finished finals: Go out and enjoy that summer sun! Taste the sweet freedom because it won’t last long. I know you probably don’t want to think about this right now, but even though you may be finished with this semester, there’s no better time to start preparing for next semester.

If you’ve already signed up for classes next semester, check out the materials available on Flashnotes to get a good idea of what you’ve gotten yourself into next semester. Give yourself a little time to soak up the sunshine and enjoy a much-needed break from school, but just don’t forget that the earlier you can start preparing for next semester, the smoother it will go.

 

If you still have to take finals: Now is the best time to really put some effort into those flashcards and study guides (not that we didn’t have faith in your studying ability before- we know you’re always on your best behavior). However, now is your time to shine. Finals season is the perfect time to sell those comprehensive study materials.

The key to a successful Flashnotes experience is marketing your material. You can make the best study guide in the entire world, but how will anyone know it’s the best if they haven’t seen it? We’ve seen that the best way to market your notes is through Blackboard or Moodle (whichever system your school supports). Shoot your classmates a quick email, and you’ll be on your way to earning summer fun money and making friends.

The end of finals doesn’t necessarily mean the end of Flashnotes. We’ll be here all summer long to answer any questions you can come up with (even the ridiculous ones). Happy Studying!