Do I Really Wanna Be All By Myself?
I distinctly remember walking across the stage at my high school commencement to receive my diploma, …
Freshmen
Dorm Wrecker: Living With a Couple I Broke up
Ah, freshman year. It’s the time to schedule all of your classes for the afternoon, enjoy the riches …
Office Hours Blues: How to Get Over Your Fears
If you need some extra statistics tutoring but can’t seem to get over the cold feet of talking to …
The Rookie: 10 Tips to Use Freshman Year
Leaving home sounds like a great idea until you are sobbing into a tub of ice cream and calling your …
Permission to Fail: Granted
I would like to begin by saying that I don’t enjoy Gen Eds. I came into college knowing what I …
Sorry Freshmen, it Just Won’t Top Senior Year
College: the best years of your life? Depends on if you graduate on time. But I digress. Freshman …
My First College Party Almost Killed Me
Parties are just as important to the college experience as textbooks. For every lengthy lecture, …
The ‘W’ on My Chest Does Not Stand for Wonder Woman
My freshman year of college was 100 percent worry-free: school was paid for, my parents brought me …
Why Going to School at Home Was the Best Decision I Ever Made
The last time I stood in a cap and gown, I felt invincible. The social confines of attending school …
Why a Band Tee Made Me Transfer
I can spot a band T-shirt like a leopard can spot a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti. It’s my thing. …
Top 10 Internships for Freshmen
Some folks collect internships like they’re Pokémon, and if you’re a freshman you probably think you …
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Being an RA: Poop. In the shower.
Resident assistants are the people so prepared for a fire drill that they’ll bring an extra large …
Why I Wish I’d Gone to School Farther from Home
I’ve always had a great relationship with my family. I haven’t had a legitimate argument with my …
Surviving College with Your High School BFF
Ever since 9th grade you’ve signed each other’s yearbooks with “friends for life.” But now that …
Learning To Switch Majors With Confidence
One of the first things a friend said to me during my first year of college was that, …
The Friendship Clash: Hometown vs. College
When moving out on your own for the first time, it’s hard not to have borderline unreasonable …
The Perfectly Imperfect Dorm Room
The summer before freshman year, anytime the word “college” came up, I instantly grinned …
11 Steps to Surviving an All-Nighter
As college students, we know all about what I like to call the great rite of passage: pulling an all …
How I Learned the Reality of Time Commitment
College had always seemed like the land of opportunities. I daydreamed about meeting my roommates, …
My First Month from Hell
I knew that going to college four and a half hours away from everyone I had known for my entire life …
From Pigsty to Pricey: The Worst Roommates Ever
When my three future roommates moved into the dorm they were going to be sharing for the year, they …
I May Regret Eating the Entire Box of Cheez-Its
I came into college gleefully delusional–I thought I would be a cardio bunny at the gym and …
Passing Freshman Year: In and Out of The Classroom
Every high school senior transitioning into college fantasizes about the new friends they’ll make, …
My Ex: A Friend I Might not Want
Sam and I were 17 and running wild in “love.” Now we are twenty, broken up and trying to be friends. …
