There will be times while you’re in the school and you need a little assistance, whether you’re a student in grade school or in college. You may find yourself needing help for learning a course or studying for a big test. While in college you face more challenges like finding cheaper textbooks or finding the right professor for you.
Thankfully there are useful websites that can help you out if you’re a student. I will show you 30 websites that will help you out while you’re in school.
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Alison
Alison.com is an e-learning site founded in 2007 and it has more than 10 million users. Some of the courses are provided by major universities including MIT University of Cambridge and Stanford University.
They have more than 800 free courses in several categories including IT, Science, Math, Marketing, Healthcare, Finance, and many others. If you need additional help with your coursework in school, allison.com may be able to help you out.
Unigo
Unigo.com is a website that matches students with colleges scholarships and student loans. It’s also a great place to find reviews and statistics of colleges.
If you are looking for the college features, star ratings in several categories along with reviews from students, Unigo.com is the right site to visit.
Cheatography
Cheatography.com is a collection of cheatsheets submitted by users that can help you out when studying for a test.
It’s simple to use, just enter any topic in the search bar and it will show you all the cheat sheets which are available.
The Book Pond
TheBookPond.com is a great place to sell the old textbooks that you no longer need. It is also a great place to buy new books too.
You just have to enter the book details and where you study. Anyone who is interested in your book will contact you.
PlagTracker
PlagTracker.com is an online plagiarism detection service that detects whether similar text appears elsewhere on the web.
Nowadays, many schools are using anti-plagiarism software and services, so, you surely don’t want to get busted for copying somebody else’s work before. So, you can use PlagTracker to keep your assignments free from plagiarism.
Rate My Professors
RateMyProfessors.com has been around since 1999 and at the must go to the site before registering for classes. The site allows college and university students to assign ratings to professors in more than 8,000 schools.
When I was in school I used the site to do research before selecting any of my courses and I believe it saved me from those terrible professors poisoning our campuses. To increase your odds of getting the best possible professors for your courses, check out Rate My Professors.
Quizlet
Quizlet.com is an online learning tool launched back in 2007 that many of you have used. They now have over 20 million monthly learners with more than 150 million study sets. So, it is quite sure to find the subject that you need help with.
It helps students to study with the use of flashcards, various games, and tests. They also have an iOS and Android app. So, if you need help in learning and studying quizlet.com may help you out.
Wolfram Alpha
Wolframalpha.com is a computational knowledge engine that many of you have heard about before.
The site can help you with any subject to find out. You can do the direct search or select the subject in which you want to search. WolframAlpha.com is a site that every student should have bookmarked.
Tomato Timer
TomatoTimer.com is the timer that utilizes the Pomodoro Technique. It is a system designed to use the timer and break down work into intervals with short breaks.
How it works – if you study or work uninterrupted for a set period of time until the timer goes off and then it allow you for a short break. You can also customize the settings where you can change the sound, volume and set custom times.
Stack Exchange
StackExchange.com is a network of question and answer websites on various topics. If you select all sites from main menu, you can see all the websites on their network which is quite a few such as stack overflows, ask different etc..
If you need help with computer programming, you can search every Stack Exchange site just by using the search bar at the top or you can go to the home page of any of these sites listed just by selecting them. So, the next time you have a question that you need to be answered visit Stack Exchange.
TedEd
Ted is a media organization which posts talks online for free. TedEd parent website is Ted.com and it is an education initiative site.
It features lessons in several categories and if you really want to dive into a subject, they had serious playlists on YouTube consisting of multiple videos.
Google Scholar
Scholar.Google.com is a web search engine that indexes scholarly and literature. These include academic journals, books, conference papers, and other sources which you will need to write.
So, if you decided to write an essay on distracted driving, just type in distracted driving into the search bar and then a ton of articles for doing research will be shown. There are various other sites which your school might have suggested sites for doing research but you just may find Google Scholar is easier to use from those sites.
Student Rate
StudentRate.com specializes in providing deals and discounts for college students. You’ll find many national retailers listed on the site that can save yours a few extra bucks.
Khan Academy
KhanAcademy.org is a non-profit education site created by Salman Khan back in 2006.
Whether you’re in grade school or college, this is a great site with lessons in several categories including math, science, engineering, arts, humanities, computing economics, finance and much more.
They also offer test preparations, so, that you can get ready for the SAT and other tests. After all these years, KhanAcademy.org is still completely free.
Chegg
Chegg.com founded in 2005 is an online textbook company where you can buy or rent books.
I can pass on Chegg to the new college students who shop around for the book. You’ll be able to find a better deal than your school bookstore. Chegg also offers textbook, solutions, experts QnA, and online tutoring which will cost extra.
