• The Clairvoyant Class: Predict the Future from Your First Day

    The Clairvoyant Class: Predict the Future from Your First Day

    We all know we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it, half of us do it anyway. Plus, judging by appearance and prior knowledge does sometimes work. (Example: M. Night Shyamalan movies…)

  • The CC Weekly Weigh In: Resolutioning

    The CC Weekly Weigh In: Resolutioning

    Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2010? Where did the year go? Where did the decade go? Hell, where did my sequin jacket go? And why did I think that chasing a Jager Bomb with a bottle of Andre was a good idea? Oh lord.

  • Wanna Transfer? Here Are Your Options

    Wanna Transfer? Here Are Your Options

    Sometimes, the school you picked isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Maybe the culture just doesn’t mesh with you, or maybe you realize after a few months that you want to be studying something completely different.

  • The CC Weekly Weigh In: Academic Regrets

    The CC Weekly Weigh In: Academic Regrets

    Did you know that college was all about academics? Yeah, we didn’t get that memo either. We spent more time researching easy professors, building a schedule that didn’t require waking up before noon/at all on Fridays, and playing Kings, than actually studying.

  • Duke It Out: Cheating – Round Two!

    Duke It Out: Cheating – Round Two!

    Alright, since we spent last week debating what it means to cheat in a relationship, it only seems right to figure out what the other kind of cheating means – the kind that involves teachers. Seriously, though, we’ve all read the school policies about cheating and plagarism, but at the same time, most of us have done something that we wouldn’t really want the school to know about.

  • College Friends vs. High School Bonds

    College Friends vs. High School Bonds

    I remember going to college expecting to make some of the best friends of my life. It had always seemed that way — you have nice high school friends, but gradually they fade out of the picture and your college friends dominate your life. Wasn’t that the way it was supposed to be?

  • A Cautionary Tale from a College Disaster: Love/Hate Relationships!

    A Cautionary Tale from a College Disaster: Love/Hate Relationships!

    Students spend so much time visiting colleges across the nation trying to find the place that be…

  • Proven: If You’re Athletic, You Don’t Have to Be Smart

    Proven: If You’re Athletic, You Don’t Have to Be Smart

    In 2008′s least shocking expose, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution dredged the sweat-…

  • Joining Clubs in College? Make Like Nike and Just Do It.

    Joining Clubs in College? Make Like Nike and Just Do It.

    So this is it. The big step you’ve been planning for years has finally come.
    You’re off to college…

  • To Transfer or Not to Transfer: That is the Question!

    To Transfer or Not to Transfer: That is the Question!

    Remember your senior year of high school? Touring colleges, trying not to get your hopes up. Ret…

  • Grad School: Is It For You?–Choosing a Program

    Grad School: Is It For You?–Choosing a Program

    Last week, I wrote about choosing a school. This week, I get a little more specific: choosing a pr…

  • Taking it Seriously: College Depression (Part I)

    Taking it Seriously: College Depression (Part I)

    “College, now those are the best years or your life,” says a fella-wearing-a-tux-from-the-sq…

  • Need an A+? Berate Your Ex! (and Other Writing Tips)

    Need an A+? Berate Your Ex! (and Other Writing Tips)

    I don’t know about you, but sometimes it can take me a while to get into the academic-paper-writi…