• The 10 Commandments of Group Projects

    The 10 Commandments of Group Projects

    I have never met a single person who enjoys group projects. Everyone, from the over achievers to the procrastinators, hates group projects. And yet professors keep assigning them over and over again.

  • An Open Letter of Gratitude to College Professors

    An Open Letter of Gratitude to College Professors

    Dear (Good) College Professors, I’m not sure if you know this or not, but this week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and today is National Teachers’ Day. So I thought I’d start my day off (I know. I’m a late sleeper. That’s why you never see me in your 8 a.m. classes) by taking a moment to appreciate you. All of you. For all that you do.

  • 5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started College

    5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started College

    Since it’s that time of year, the time for choosing colleges (and for some, leaving college) Jezebel has decided to depart some wisdom on all the high school senior hopefuls out here, asking them to really think about what they want out of there college experience, about why they’re choosing the schools they’re choosing, and the effects those choices will have on their college careers.

  • 10 Reasons I’d Let My Professor Sit At The Cool Table

    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.

  • 10 SAT Questions That Would Actually Predict College Success

    10 SAT Questions That Would Actually Predict College Success

    It’s SAT season and you know what that means: high school juniors are buckling down and getting ready to take “the most important test of their lives,” the test that will determine whether or not they get into college, the test that will supposedly predict how well they will do there. Now, I don’t know about you ladies, but as a seasoned college student I have to say I think that is a load of ridiculous.

  • 7 Worst Excuses for Turning in An Assignment Late

    7 Worst Excuses for Turning in An Assignment Late

    It’s a Friday morning. Your alarm goes off for the tenth time. You look at the clock and realize you’ve hit the snooze button well into the first five minutes of your ever dreaded Friday morning class, which you’re only taking because it was the only thing open when you were finally able to register. You grab your shoes and your books and finally sneak into a seat at the back of the class just in time to hear your professor ask that you send your assignments forward.

  • Picking a Major: Focus on Your Passion or a Possible Profession?

    Picking a Major: Focus on Your Passion or a Possible Profession?

    Picking a major is one of the most pivotal points of a young adult’s life. With so much stress put on it, many begin to do so, though it may not be necessary.

  • Who Deserves the OfficeMax Desk Makeover? VOTE NOW.

    Who Deserves the OfficeMax Desk Makeover? VOTE NOW.

    Last week we invited people to upload their messiest desk pictures to our Facebook fan page to prove to us why they deserved to win this awesome prize. And even though our desks are filled with old wrappers, crumb-filled keyboards, and coffee stains, you guys managed to out-do us.

  • New Year, New You: Creating a Productive Workspace [CONTEST!]

    New Year, New You: Creating a Productive Workspace [CONTEST!]

    Does this sound familiar? You’re taking 18 credits, involved in extra curriculars, trying to study, accepting social invitations left and right and trying to impress the cute guy in psychology class. You don’t exactly have free time, and well, your desk reflects it.

  • Harry Potter Goes to College?

    Harry Potter Goes to College?

    For those die-hard Harry Potter fans out there like me—whose favorite pastime includes arguing over which house their real-life friends would be in— it can seem unfathomable, absolutely preposterous that some people have never read the Harry Potter series.

  • The Most Annoying People in Your Class

    The Most Annoying People in Your Class

    I’ve been in a grand total of (roughly) 32 college courses during my college career. I did a little math (quickly on paper because I might as well be math-challenged) and that puts about 960 students in my life, in a small classroom, on a daily basis. That’s a lot of a-holes students in a small space.

  • Surviving Senior Year: Freshmanisms

    Surviving Senior Year: Freshmanisms

    Now let me start this off by saying I have nothing against freshman. I volunteer at Orientation every year. I dutifully hand out identification cards and point them in the direction of the cafeteria/registrar/financial aid office. I’ll help them get through Writing 101. I’ll edit their articles. I’ll listen to their incessant chatter in the library with mild amusement. But um…well…actually, it’s probably a little bit more than mild amusement.

  • 5 College Classes That Are Actually Useful in Real Life

    5 College Classes That Are Actually Useful in Real Life

    When you’re in college, everyone knows there are the classes you take because you have to and then the classes you take because they’re actually going to help you in life. Anthropology of Magic? A major sophomore year mistake. Unless my letter to Hogwarts got lost in the mail, I’m never going to need to know how to read tealeaves. Wine and Spirits? Fun, but again- not exactly functional in the job world.