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As college students, we all know that the semester is coming to a close. This means tests, papers, and projects due for each class before you get to finally say goodbye to college life (at least until the next semester). 

Before you get too overwhelmed with end-of-semester stress, let’s focus on some fun things you can do during your last few weeks in school! The Nerdify Reviews team made a list of 10 great bucket list items that will make your end-of-semester amazing.

1. Plan an end of semester party

Celebrate all your hard work over the past several months by hosting an epic party with friends. Make sure it’s an event worthy of going down in history by planning ahead and inviting everyone you know (and don’t forget to take lots of pictures!).

Buy a Polaroid camera and set up a photo-op area for the best memories. Everyone will be able to have their pictures right away! Make sure to buy a good amount of drinks and snacks!  

2. Take a road trip 

Get out of campus and explore somewhere new with your friends. It’s a great way to unplug from all the end-of-semester stress and just have some fun together! Plus, road trips are one of those classic college experiences that everyone should have – so why not check it off your bucket list?

3. Go camping 

Whether you take a few days or just one night away from campus, camping is a great way to enjoy nature and bond with friends. Don’t forget the s’mores! Not able to leave campus? Build a fort in your living room or dorm. Not able to have a fire? Order takeout! Who says camping has to be outside, anyways? 

4 Attend a local festival or concert 

Search for local festivals or concerts taking place near your campus for an exciting night out! You never know what kind of surprises you might find at these events – so be sure to keep an open mind when attending them. Not sure if your favorite artist is coming to town toon? 

Check out ticket apps like Axis or Ticketmaster to see if anyone will be near. You could also download Eventbrite to look for local festivals or events in your immediate area! The end of the semester is a great time to discover new artists or bands that you’ve never heard of! 

5. Catch up with friends 

Whether they live on campus or far away, make sure to set aside time while you still can to catch up with old friends before the semester ends. Schedule brunch dates, go shopping together, or plan something else fun – whatever works best for both parties involved!

6. Have fun outdoors 

Even if it’s cold outside, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy nature while getting some fresh air (like sledding!). Just bundle up and spend time outdoors doing something fun with your friends before it gets too chilly outside!

7. Visit surrounding cities or towns 

Adventure awaits outside your college town – so why not explore it? Take a day trip somewhere nearby and discover what other cities have to offer that may be different from where you live now!

8. Host a movie night/game night/karaoke night 

Nothing beats good ol’ fashioned movie nights spent inside cuddling up with blankets and snacks (or maybe playing video games?). If movies aren’t really your thing though, consider hosting game nights instead – where guests can play board games like Monopoly or Cards Against Humanity until the wee hours of the morning! Or if singing is more up your alley, host karaoke night instead for some extra fun!

9. Try something new 

College is about learning new things and growing as individuals – so why not try something completely new this end-of-semester? Whether it’s picking up a musical instrument for the first time ever or simply trying out different types of cuisines at local restaurants around town – put yourself out there and give something new a try today!

In Conclusion

The end-of-semester period doesn’t have to be all about studying and stress; it can also be filled with opportunities for fun experiences as well as meaningful connections made along the way! So put away those textbooks for once and focus on living life while checking off these 9 must-do activities off your bucket list this semester before it’s officially over! Good luck crossing everything off that checklist – happy exploring! And if you need some help with your studies – our Nerds are always there for you. 

It’s 2018 and it seems like there is literally an app for everything! Everything except for the one thing needful for college students, right? Wrong! Well, to be fair, it’s the one thing needful in your parent’s estimation. There’s nothing more important to a college student than studying, right? Obviously! *nervous laughter*

To cheer you up from those bad college grade blues, Nerdify reviews top helpful apps and here’s a countdown list of them. Check these apps out. They certainly put the STUD back in studying.

5. SIMPLEMIND PRO 

Struggling to organize those brilliant ideas into legible concepts? Simplemind Pro helps sweep out those brain cobwebs and translate them into digital spider diagrams! Brainstorming for that boring English has never been so fun and effective as you can add media to your mind maps as well!

4. EXAM COUNTDOWN LITE

Tired of missing important deadlines and arriving late for exams? This easy-to-use app is absolutely free on both IOS and Android and helps to keep track of important tests, exams and best of all – lunch breaks!

3. DRAGON ANYWHERE

Tired of having to keep a pen and paper handy for all your spontaneous bright ideas and important vocal notes? Dragon Anywhere acts like a personal fire-breathing dragon, except, it doesn’t breathe fire, it dictates and edits notes and documents. This app works exactly like a pocket-recorder. All this is done using only the voice. At only $15 per month you can continue talking to yourself, I mean thinking out loud and not look like a crazy person!

2. MYSCRIPT CALCULATOR

This one is for the maths gurus who realize that it’s now the 21^st century and it’s time to go digital, but still, want that 1820’s feel to it. Mathematical equations are solved by hand in order to help cram, I mean learn equations and formulas. This requires a once off fee of $1.99.

Before revealing the number one spot. A few honorable mentions must go to SOUNDNOTE (Ipad)- which allows for lecture recording, in both visual and audio format. Now you get to hear the sound of your lecturer all day long, without taking too much memory space. Alternatively, it serves as good lullaby material as well when student insomnia comes knocking on the door.

For those of us who still enjoy the flash card system that our grandma’s used to use. GOCONQR is the perfect app. Assisting with the organization of information into charts, notes, mind-maps, and quizzes.

Ever sighed with relief as you finished a paper only to have to spend what feels like 33 additional hours referencing the sources. Well, no more confusions with commas, full stops, and publishing dates. EASYBIB the answer to your prayers. Find the academic reference to a book simply by scanning in the barcode. Take a photograph or simply type in the title of the book. It coughs up the relevant reference in MLA, APA and Chicago style formats.

Suppose you are a night owl. You enjoy spending long nights revising at the library, on campus and sometimes cannot avoid walking alone late at night all by yourself. You are nervous for that mid-term exam, but anxious and worried that you won’t make it to the testing dates due to all the ferocities that occur on a daily. CIRCLE OF 6 allows the student to keep in touch with 6 close friends. The whereabouts of the user are known by the six chosen contacts with only just a simple click. This ensures safety whilst studying- or embarking on other late night “errands.”

Finally the number one spot:

1. EVERNOTE

#1 in our Nerdify reviews list! Voted as the best app by our Nerds, Evernote, helps students sync notes across devices, streamlined and organized. You are even able to search for text inside images. Link audio attachments and checklists. All this free, outside of the yearly amount of only $34.99. Oh, come on! It’s less than the average amount of booze the average college student spends in just a week, it may as well go towards your education, right?

Keep on the lookout for more trendy, fun and practical updates on our blog. But certainly, check out these apps to take the DYING out of studying. Remember that if there’s a simpler way to do something, there’s an app for it, you just haven’t discovered it yet!

Best of luck with college marathon and always remember to keep it hAPPening with Nerdify reviews.

We are proud to showcase the essay that won the Nerdy Bot Scholarship Competition.

Essay by Dora M. Donnelly

Artificial intelligence is everywhere in our new millennia. The way we live and work has changed because of the ease of access that is at our fingertips for advanced AI systems. The work in my studies has been no exception to this. I find that typing information into a search engine that rifles through decades of posted material is much easier than having to search a library that is limited.

The most relevant description of Artificial Intelligence is that it makes everything easier. When I am working on an assignment for a class, I have the ability to search the world’s largest database by typing it into my phone, which also implements Artificial Intelligence. It then enters into a search engine that processes my search and then brings the information to me. From that point, I study and apply what I have learned, but not without citing my research through a citation website that uses Artificial Intelligence to automate a well-written citation or bibliography based upon the keywords I entered. Finally, through submitting my assignment, my teacher or professor is able to run it through another programmed service, powered by Artificial Intelligence, that checks for plagiarism so that he or she may know that my work was done without compromise.

I have seen the use of Artificial Intelligence over the last few years advance and I am impressed by the work that can be done through it. We already use it every day for so many things that we do not realize we use it for. Computers and laptops that we use for our work are full of Artificial Intelligence. Whether it is the colors and image displayed on the screen or the input of the keyboard that works just as well as if we labored over those words with ink, any computerized system services its user through Artificial Intelligence.

Also, there is software that students, including myself, have used over the years to contribute to their learning experience. Even elementary schools are using programs that children study and practice skills through Artificial Intelligence. It provides a new way for students to exercise their mind through an updated practice.

An additional way I have benefited from Artificial Intelligence has been online tutoring. There is a database of classes, some of which don’t have a human teacher, that can tutor certain subjects online. I have used this before to grow in my writing skills. It functions by giving the student subjects and when they are done writing them it evaluates automatically the writing skill and level of performance by the student.

In summary, there are many uses of AI in the classroom and to assist with studies. Education in the future will likely rely much more on Artificial Intelligence to promote learning. Through my experience, they all seem to be improving the way we live and learn. Undoubtedly, we will see the use of Artificial Intelligence grow to be even more comprehensive and functional.