College

Lessons I Learned From My Menial Job
Before I got my first real job, I had really low expectations. Thanks to “The Office,” a job meant a cubicle, water cooler conversation, and the occasional casual Friday. And unfortunately for me, the stereotype matched reality. I began my work-study job on campus at the beginning of the year, eager to make some extra cash. While having the extra money is great, the actual job isn’t so fun.
10 Reasons I’d Let My Professor Sit At The Cool Table
You walk into “The Application of Platonic and Hegelian Ethics to Business” (It’s exhausting just saying the name, isn’t it?), an extra credit symposiums, take your seat between the girl who raises her hand every five seconds and the guy who comes to class only to fall asleep, pull out your books and suppress a yawn.
CollegeCandy is Now Internship Central
With internship season right around the corner, we thought we would help you out! I know, we are just too kind. So we’ve put together some of our best advice just to help you out, you know make sure you not only land the internship, but keep it, AND make the most of it.
The Dos and Don’ts of Dealing with the Ex
So I’m sure by now you’re all completely over the whole royal wedding thing.You’re tired of the wedding plans and the photos and the guest lists and the entire country of England. I get it. But I’m going to bring it up one last time because I just can’t seem to wrap my head around this one concept.
How to Get an A on Your Final Paper
It’s finals week. You’re living on coffee and chocolate. Your days are spent in the library. Your nights are spent in the library. You’re wracking your brain trying to remember historical facts no one knows about and chemical equations you will never use. You’re stressed and crazed and far from in the mood to write. But write you will have to do.
We’ve All Been There: ‘Selling’ Back Our Books
You finished your last exam early and, after waiting for someone else to turn theirs in (you don’t want to be first!), ran down the steps of that lecture hall, slammed that baby on the desk and skipped your way to freedom
A Guide to Dealing with FOMO
You know that feeling in your gut when you read about your friend’s amazing night? Well you obviously aren’t alone, researchers have even coined a term for it, FOMO, the fear of missing out. It’s that annoying nagging feeling that tells you what you are doing isn’t fun enough, that you need to be doing whatever it is that your 5 class friends just tweeted about.

How to Impress Employers at a Networking Event
If you’re a graduating senior or a student on the hunt for an internship, you probably have a love/hate relationship with your college career center. On one hand, you want them to be there for you 24/7 when you need your resume looked over right away. On the other hand, you’re about to kill yourself if you get one more invitation to attend an advanced pantsuit shopping seminar.
CollegeCandy Readers are Making a Difference
College girls are doing really amazing things both in and out of the classroom. Things that should be recognized and celebrated. And after receiving emails from some college women making a difference on a global scale, we decided we’re going to do just that. Not just to give them a virtual pat on the back, but to introduce the rest of you to these awesome organizations so you can use them and tell your friends to do the same.
Candy Dish: Campus Scoop
• 10 must have items for college theme parties
• How to find a random roommate who isn’t insane
• USC Greeks are on a social ban
• 7 ways to put your useless degree to work
• Ways to keep in touch with your high school friends
• Appreciate the small things in your college life
• Best places to study on campus
Intro to Cooking: White Bean Spread
Eating food is an important part of everyone’s life. But for college students, it can really be a challenge considering we are working with some serious restrictions — like time, money, and materials. This week, I’m going to introduce you to one of my staples of college life: canned white beans. I first discovered them about two years ago, when I was looking for an easy way to get more protein in my diet.
My Love/Hate Relationship With College
Like with most things in my life (namely, the boy I’m kinda, sorta talking to right now), I have a very complicated relationship with college. Over the past four years, we’ve had our ups and downs. There have been moments when my only thoughts were, I love college (when I was living one of these moments), and there were others when I’ve thought, I hate college with a fiery passion…
How the Government Shutdown is Going to Ruin Your Week
If you’ve been neglecting the news in favor if E! and had your homepage set to Perez since forever ago, you may not have heard that there’s a very good chance the government is going to be shutting down tonight. If you’re rolling your eyes and thinking this doesn’t matter to your life, think again. Here are five reasons why you should care–and how the shut down of the Federal Government is going to affect you.