During college, living on campus is commonplace for many first year students. However, after the first year, many students choose to live off campus. There…
My In-Person Classes are Ending Early – How Do I Handle This?
With everything that’s happened in 2020, the way schools operate has completely changed to fit the new way of the world. More online classes, masks…
What Do You Do if You Fail an Exam?
Exams are a large part of the college experience. From unit exams to finals, you’ll become well acquainted with sleepless nights and stress. Since exams…
Are General Education Courses Beneficial?
Earning a college degree tells the world that you’re a well-educated person with a wide range of academic knowledge. General education courses help you get…
Most Popular College Majors
When it comes to college majors, a student has many, many options. There are thousands of individual majors out there, and with all those choices…
Your Guide to Transferring Colleges: Facts, Tips, and Advice
The pursuit of a college degree is no longer a straight-line trajectory. Switching between full and part-time status, taking time off, and transferring schools are…
How Do College Classes Work? How to Add Them, Drop Them, and Endure Them
In college, registration is probably one of the most difficult tasks a student faces. While it gets easier with each year of gained experience, the…
Big Girl Pants: Not Taking On Too Much
Club fairs, internship offers, classes and part-time jobs are all beginning. It’s easy to sign your name to a bunch of club newsletter lists, but…
Big Girl Rants: Why can’t there be a BYE in college classes?
Although some school policy forbids professors to mark a student down for attendance, some of those professors have found a loophole in requiring in-class participation…
Should I Stay or Should I Drop?
Deciding whether to stay in or drop a class can be challenging. Sometimes it’s tempting to drop just based on the professor alone, the class…
Graduation Bucket List: How Your Final Year in College SHOULD Be
You’ve made it this far. You’re one year away from graduation, and aside from feeling anxious and excited, you’ve also got that bittersweet feeling that…
Course Evaluations
After months of tortuous papers and projects, hours of mind-numbing lectures, disputes over grades, not-so-patiently waiting for your professor to email you back or handing…
Why It Is Okay to Not Be at The Top of Your Class
As the semester draws to a close and finals loom, grades are a pressing worry now more than ever. Are the grades you’re expecting not…
Are You Academically Adrift? Part One
Have you ever taken a class that seemed too easy? You’re breezing through it thinking, this seems too easy but no one said it was…