How to Participate in Class without Fearing the Haters
Throughout your college education, you start to lose your incognito “Just another kid in a …
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10 Ways Your College Library Can Get You a Kick-Ass Research Project
Libraries can seem dull, dusty and unnecessary—especially when you can stay home and use your handy …
How to Pull Off a Double Major in Humanities and STEM
Committing to a major is difficult when you can’t decide between reading some of the greatest works …
Double Major, Double the Chance of Employment?
Your major is a four-year relationship—potentially the most important relationships you’ll …
How Going to Office Hours Improves Your Writing Drastically
Your huge term paper is due in a week, you’ve written a few drafts, really pored over every sentence …
Should You Write or Type Your Humanities Notes?
What’s harder than adjusting to the icky community bathroom floors? Figuring out how to take …
I Didn’t Use the Internet During Class and Actually Survived
The population of students who can actually stay off the Internet during class is as small as the …
Everything You Need to Know about the LSAT
Dreaming of the perfect opening statement or banging that gavel? That also means making room for the …
Pre-Med Meets the Arts: How to Study with Friends in Different Majors
If studying were easy, then school would be easy. But it isn’t and school isn’t. The way that we …
It’s OK to Divorce Your Major
We spend 17 years in elementary school, middle school, high school and college. Somewhere along that …
CM’s Guide to Acing the SAT
Seeing a friend run out of the room crying about their low SAT scores freaks everyone out, and those …
Why Experts Say Endless Hours of Rehearsals Will Make You Successful
Running through the backstage door with backpack in hand, sophomore Theater and Advertising major …
How Our Education System Encourages Complacency
Every time I head back home to New York for the holidays my family, my friends’ parents and over …
How to Find a Professor Who Enjoys R. Kelly Jokes
College comes in waves. The first wave of picking a dorm washes you back in a whirlwind of …
5 Steps to Better Grades and Free Pizza
Having trouble focusing? Not sure if your wallet can take another meal out on the town? No worries, …
Do College Students Need a Cup of Coffee a Day to Graduate?
Pepperdine junior Bria Dunlap sat in her doctor’s office, listening to her practitioner passively as …
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Why Humanities Majors Will Go Places
“Haha yup, I’ll live in a cardboard box.” As a humanities major, you’re all too familiar with this …
The 10 Best Minors to Match Your English Major
You’re looking at that minor requirements sheet, wondering “Do I really want to do this?” Do minors …
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5 Ways to Become BFFs With Your Professor
The lights dim in the lecture hall and suddenly you shrink among 200 students. Your professor …
5 Ways to Survive Intro Chemistry Labs and Even Enjoy It
You take a deep breath. Click. You’ve just scheduled a four-hour chemistry lab. You think to …
How to Survive Your First Blue Book Exam in 4 Simple Steps
America loves having options. Chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? Guac or salsa? There’s great …
10 Most Innovative Grad Programs at The New School
Diving into a job after undergrad won’t always lead to a successful career. Applying to grad school …
How to Survive Reporting at the University of Florida
If you’re majoring in journalism, the odds of taking a news reporting class are more likely than …
As are like Oscars: Just Trophies
When I graduated high school and started college, I considered myself a smart kid. Why? Because I …