Getting ready for school

There is so much to do to get ready for your new health care career.  You’ve done your research, found just the right school and laid a solid foundation for moving your life forward.  Here are some tips to help you get ready for school:

• Chances are you will be writing several research papers over the course of your schooling.  Pick up an MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition style manual, which is the standard style guide your teachers will expect your paper’s format to follow.  Before you shell out money for new ones, check out used bookstores or second hand stores where these can usually be had for a song.
• If you don’t own a computer, now would be a good time to consider this purchase.  These days it’s almost a requirement.  You don’t need the fastest computer set up for gaming, the basics will work just fine.
• Don’t spend a lot of money buying Microsoft Office.  Go to OpenOffice.org and download the OpenOffice suite for FREE!  It is a far superior product and you can save any documents in a Microsoft format so those who have yet to see the light can still read your  work.

This is just the beginning of what you can do to get ready for school.  Future posts will add to this all important list.