Financial Flash-Forward

Ever since I graduated from college, I have been more even more conscious of the way I spend my money. I’ve always been independent as far as my money goes, but I have never consciously thought about rent, grocery budgets, and spending money. It’s really hard trying to balance all of that along with everything else that […]

Define Yourself

Four years ago, at around this time, I was waiting on pins and needles. I had placed my future in the hands of fate, hoping and praying that I was enough—on paper at least. I had taken the SAT twice, one of the first class to take the new version. I, like everybody else I […]

Humanities Students and Understanding “The Big Shaggy”

 A recent Op-Ed in the NY Times from David Brooks highlights the growing chasm between the humanities and our current economic climes.  It seems that not only have the number of liberal arts students declined over the last couple of decades (I blame Wall Street), but that they will continue to do so as our […]

Can College Students Empathize?

Do college kids really only care about themselves? A recent report aims to give us the answer. There were 72 studies tracking 14,000 college students from 1979 to 2009. What are findings?  Read on to find out.

Celebrity Dorm Rooms

Dormitories can make or a break your first year in college. Get stuck in a dump or with an annoying roommate and there’s little in the way of respite. Most college dorms offer little in terms of luxury, unless you’re attending the more prestigious institutions; most schools strive to provide housing for students, not grand environs […]

Unigo’s Top 10 Drinking Colleges

Ah college: the studying, the library, the traditions, the deep conversation, the cafeteria’s fine cuisine—what, that’s not what you “remember”? Was it the partying, the keggers, the frat parties where all hell broke loose? Well, that would likely be the case if you went to one of these top drinking colleges and universities, coast-to-coast, massive-to-small, […]

You Know You’re Graduating From College When…

This list was compiled in light of my impending graduation from college and because I literally never thought this day would come. I came home from school many a day hating college and wishing that I could discover the magic fast-forward button my brother seemed to have located. It’s not that these four years have […]

Top Ten Brainiest Students Part 2

Some of the final five are among the most expensive in the country – boasting high tuition because of small endowments (one could argue just how brainy is it to pay high tuition?).  One, however, has one of the largest endowments in the United States.  All but one was founded in the 20th century, with […]

Unigo.com’s Top Tens: The Brainiest Students

The top ten brainiest colleges, according to Unigo.com, range in size from small to super small.  Number one on the list is Reed College, Portland’s renowned liberal arts bastion.  The remaining nine schools are sprinkled throughout the United States, from Indiana to Massachusetts.  All but one has fewer than 3,000 students (University of Chicago, number […]

How to Survive Finals

Final exams are the most dreaded time of the semester. I think I’ve figured it all out: professors like to teach the entire semester, but when finals come around, they decide that it’s time to not only pile on all the papers and assignments, but also make your exam cumulative (the most dreaded word in […]

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