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While perusing the Internet in search of some blog wisdom for The Ultimate Balance to a College Life, I came across a woman who has had plenty of blog experience when it comes to the college life.

College advice is arguable one of the most searched topics on the Internet, therefore there were plenty of bloggers out there who look to give advice just like myself. However, this woman’s blog stuck out to my above the rest for her blog topics, style, credibility, and reviews.

This woman’s name is Kelci Lynn Lucier, blogger for usnews.com. Kelci has a large resume full of experience when it comes to college. She has worked in college education for ten years where she eventually got into educational writing in 2008. Not only does she write for usnews.com, she is also the writer for the Guide to College Life at About.com and the founder of The College Parent Handbook. To add along to that impressive history, she also has a master’s in higher education from Harvard!

It is clear to see that Kelci has a strong passion for higher education and helping students deal with the complexities of the college life. When writing her blogs her angle comes from an informative viewpoint. With all of her wisdom and experience, she is simply just trying to help out students who are not knowledgeable about college.

Over the years, Kelci’s topics have been similar to mine as in they deal with situations that may arise amongst college students.

Here a few of her blog post topics….

-4 ways to Deal with a Bad College Professor

-How to Handle the College Winter Blues

-Manage your Academic Time

-Pay for College

The frequency of Kelci’s writing seems to be sporadic for usnews.com. Most of her blog posts come from 2011. Since then she has written very few for usnews.com but still continues to write for multiple blog outlets.

I wish I found these blog posts when I was a freshman at USC; her advice is some of the best guidance I have gotten. Since I never found her blog until now, it has taken me till junior year to learn about the hardships of college. It’s not to say that I would have been more knowledgeable when handling different situations, it’s just good to have a simple heads-up.

For Kelci’s blog posts, she engages all students of every demographic. She is able to have insight to every possible situation and is a great leader that all college bloggers should emulate.

She also gets positive feedback via comments at the bottom of her blog posts including shares onto twitter and Facebook.

I urge all of my readers to take a look at Kelci’s blog because that’s where the REAL WISDOM comes from. While I’m just a young buck giving advice, she has been a pioneer in the blogging world, enlightening students for years.

Blog Companion (The College Life)

The Internet is full of bloggers like myself who enjoy engaging college students on the difficulties and challenges of a college life. Millennials are essentially the largest consumers of the Internet and are always searching for tips and advice from different perspectives.

One blog that stuck out to me in particular is a People blog on usnews.com written by Kelci Lynn Lucier. Her main focus in many of her blogs is around college students and situational events that may occur to any student during their four-years at a university. 

Some of her most notable blogs dealing with college students are called:

“How to Get Some R&R During College Breaks”

“Embrace Growth and Change in a Student’s First Year”

“How To Survive on Limited Funds Until Semester Breaks”

“Learn to Manage Your Time in College”

and many more… Click the link below to check out the links to all of her articles.

http://www.usnews.com/topics/author/kelci-lynn-lucier

Her blogs go way beyond what I try to write about. My main focus is the balance to a college life but she exceeds my ideas by writing about interesting situations that students might not know how to handle.

A unique blog of hers is about “5 non traditional ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day in College.” This blog post gives out a different perspective to a student that just doesn’t mean they need a significant other on Valentines Day. One interested point she made in the blog was to consider volunteering. Volunteering is a great way to enjoy the fun on Valentines Day and provide a community service with a local organization!

One useful blog that every college students should read about is her blog post about New Years resolutions for students. Personally, I always find it funny by how packed the campus gym gets after students return from winter break. Surely students are trying to lose some weight but this goal seems unrealistic for most students, especially once midterms come around and they have no time to hit up the gym…that is what usually happens… What are left are your usual gym-goers.

Lucier’s tips regarding your new years resolution are simple but note worthy:

1.     Set realistic expectations

2.     Set both specific and holistic goals

3.     Focus on the means, not just the ends.

These are just a few of her blog posts that she has written since 2011. She has received positive feedback from many of her readers including numerous shares of her blog posts to Facebook, twitter, and many more social media outlets.  

It’s hard to engage college students to prove that you are a trustworthy source. If you have been writing blogs for years regarding the college life, then you should be considered a credible source. For me, I’m still new to writing my blogs but am learning through my own experience and others on how to become more reliable.

Stay tuned for next week’s blog.