• 5 Superpowers Every College Girl Could Use

    5 Superpowers Every College Girl Could Use

    How much easier would your life be if you had superpowers? know. I know. Peter Parker’s grandpa told us “With great power comes great responsibility” and it’s how it’s not all fun and games for these cape crusaders. But just for a moment, let’s pretend it is. Let’s pretend that college students had superpowers…

  • How to Get Them to Stop Asking Questions: A Guide for Graduating Seniors

    How to Get Them to Stop Asking Questions: A Guide for Graduating Seniors

    So…big day is almost here. You ready for the real world? What are your plans?
    If you’re cringing at the very thought of these questions then there’s only one possible explanation: You too are a college senior.

  • Sundays are for Procrastinating: Most Depressing Graduation Songs

    Sundays are for Procrastinating: Most Depressing Graduation Songs

    You didn’t leave all your work until Sunday night did you? What!?! You did. That’s okay. No stress. You’ll get it all done. We’re so sure that you’ll get it all done that we’re giving you a few more excuses to procrastinate. This week we’re helping you build out the ultimate depressing graduation playlist

  • 5 Grad Games to Help You Pass the Time

    5 Grad Games to Help You Pass the Time

    Graduation Day. The most important day of your college career. (At least for your parents.) A day to celebrate. A day to remember. A day to cherish. A day…that can definitely get pretty boring. Because while our parents and professors may be up for a few hours of ceremony and speeches, I personally feel like I could do without the hours upon hours of speeches that college seniors have to deal with… but speeches we will have to endure.

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  • 6 Signs You’re Suffering From Senioritis

    6 Signs You’re Suffering From Senioritis

    There are a lot of different illness associated with different times of the year. There’s flu season in the winter. Allergy season in the spring. Sunburns in the summer. But around early April and May a different disease starts to take hold, and it goes after a very specific group. College seniors.

  • Last Minute Internship Hunt TIps

    Last Minute Internship Hunt TIps

    If you don’t have an internship by now, you’re probably checking your inbox every five seconds waiting to hear some good news. Though it’s discouraging, all hope isn’t lost. Internships are a dime a dozen, from the smallest county newspapers to the biggest magazines in Manhattan. With a little persistence and a lot of patience, scoring a last-minute internship is totally doable.

  • True Stories and Life Lessons from The CollegeCandy Archives

    True Stories and Life Lessons from The CollegeCandy Archives

    Most of our articles here on CollegeCandy tend to focus on the lighter aspects of college: the hook ups, partying down, partying up, beer, and, of course, actually attending classes (which we all somehow manage to do…it’s a miracle). But the truth is our writers and readers have dealt with some very serious stuff throughout their college careers.

  • The 12 Best Commencement Speakers of 2011

    The 12 Best Commencement Speakers of 2011

    So there’s a lot of things that come to my mind when I think about graduation. There’s the week of senior festivities that takes place before, and the long, relaxing summer that takes place after. There’s caps and gowns and diplomas and awards and speeches. Lots of speeches.

  • Your Worst Study Habits & How to Break Them!

    Your Worst Study Habits & How to Break Them!

    Almost every college student suffers from a bad study habit or two (or 1,237….) – something you just can’t seem to break or get over. But fear not, I’m here to help! As a reformed terrible studier, I feel like I’ve got the experience and know-how to lead you all on the road to a better GPA before it’s too late.

  • Woman Graduates College After 19 Years

    Woman Graduates College After 19 Years

    Kathy Vitzthum took her first class at Iowa State in 1992. Since then, she’s continued taking one college class per semester while working at raising a family. Now, 19 years later, she’s graduating with a degree in accounting, and fulfilling a promise she made to her father years ago.

  • College Teams Search for Loopholes in Title IX

    College Teams Search for Loopholes in Title IX

    I think we can all agree that college sports are a big deal. Whether it be March Madness or school rivalries or outstanding athletes, college sports are definitely worth commending. But even the best institutions have their issues and like many institutions before them some of the largest issues surrounding college sports right now are surrounding gender equality and Title IX.

  • Fixing Yale’s ‘Hostile Sexual Environment’ Isn’t Just The University’s Responsibility

    Fixing Yale’s ‘Hostile Sexual Environment’ Isn’t Just The University’s Responsibility

    “So then I went back to his suite with him. And we bumped into his friends, and he introduced me, and they were all ‘Nice to meet you,’ in that douchey voice that actually means ‘Ah, you’re getting it on with our boy tonight.” I don’t even know his friends, and they probably think I’m a slut because he told them I’m a slut! Whatever, then we went back and hooked up. And it was decent, I guess.”