Stop! 10 High School Habits to Drop Before Freshman Year
You can have two distinctly different paths freshman year. You can become friends with awesome …
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UVA Social Superlatives: How to Make Your Social Life Extraordinary
If you go to UVA, you probably think you know all the ins and outs of Grounds, whether it’s where to …
The Best Boston Haunts for BC Students’ Off-Campus Jaunts
As wonderful as the Heights are for any tried-and-true Eagle, everyone has their days when they just …
CM to the Rescue: 15 Places to Get Cheap Textbooks
Walking through the aisles of your college’s bookstore, it seems like each time you look at the …
10 Ways to Be a Total Frat Star
Delta, Beta, Alpha, Gamma and Omega. In these animal houses, frat stars are born and bred to suckle …
An Appendectomy, a Rolling Backpack and the Gift of Perspective
Remember when brightly patterned backpacks on wheels were cool? The girls in middle school thought …
Freshman Year: Embracing Stupidity
Think of your biggest insecurity, that one feature that drives your self-consciousness. Is it your …
How Not to be a Sheep: Getting the Job While Staying True to Yourself
In October of my first semester at college, I received a text from my resume-less friend Paul asking …
11 Must Have Items before You Start Packing
During your packing and shipping meltdown, you’ll be tossing and swerving in bed because of haunting …
27 GIFs That Perfectly Capture Your Summer Serving Gig
If you’re anything like me, you might also be in a perpetual “man, I could really use some extra …
10 Reasons to Be Best Friends with Your Peer Editor
At least once in your college career, you’ll be assigned or recommended to a peer writing …
Attacking the Activities Fair
“Be sure to get involved on campus!” For most schools, the fall activities fair is your one-stop …
A Letter To My Freshman Self
Dear Freshman Rachel, How are you doing? Is your room set up? Has mom said goodbye? Are you done …
Official Rules: iHome Speaker Sweepstakes
When you enter iHome and College Magazine’s Speaker Sweepstakes, you enter to win 4 iHome …
When to Just Give up and Drop That Class
A new semester is like the new year. Everything screams fresh start and academic resolutions run …
How to Decide Which High School Friends to Keep and Which to Cut
College is portrayed as the time in your life when you’re supposed to spread your wings, leave the …
The 10 Best Dorm Posters for Every Personality
Certain types of people like certain types of things: food, music, movies, clothes…you get the …
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Mastering the Essay: How to Go from BS to BA
We’ve all been there—you’re sitting in class waiting to have your paper handed back, certain you …
Beauty and the Media Beast
I’m 5 feet eight inches tall, 147 pounds, shed my hair like a dog, have next-to-no curves, …
Yes, It Will Be on the Final: Professors’ Pet Peeves
As strange as it might seem, professors were once students, too. They know the pain of all-nighters, …
The Introvert’s Guide to Making Friends in College
When it seems like everyone in college is socializing and becoming fast friends, what’s an …
21 Organizational Tips All College Students Need to Know
College is a four-year hodge podge of fun and stress. You go from sleep-deprived high school senior …
How to Avoid Orientation Icebreaker Hell
When is the only time you can’t seem to come up with two truths about yourself? Ding ding ding. Ice …
High School Was an Obligation. Is College, Too?
Obligations are a part of life: We have to do laundry despite the struggle to find quarters and …
