So by now we all know the statistics.

The economy is suffering and because of that post-grads are suffering as well. More college graduates are left without job prospects than ever before, and maybe even more importantly, more college graduates are moving back in with their parents than ever before. Years ago, this may have been taboo. It was practically unheard of. But now, it’s happening more and more often, and is far more widely accepted. And that’s because for the first time, my generation does not expect to have a better lifestyle than that of their parents. That’s right, ladies – the recession has officially become a depression, and post grads are eying their limited prospects wearily.

According to The Huffington Post, in a survey conducted only 44% of those interviewed believed that they would surpass the lifestyle they grew up with. And as one of those soon-to-be post grads, let me say that I understand this lack of optimism completely. The economy is still recovering. The job market is terrible. And companies are downsizing instead of hiring. So how can we know be sure that we’ll even find a job, never mind a job that will provide us with a better lifestyle than the one we grew up with?

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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. (Want a preview? Check out our graduation speech mashup.)

Or at least, you know, pretend to endure. Because while we can’t get out of listening to those speeches, we can make them a little bit more entertaining. Sure you’ll have to sit there quietly and listen to your president speak, listen to the valedictorian speak, and listen to the commencement speaker give his or her big speech. But that doesn’t mean your mind is not allowed to wander right? I mean it’s only natural. So let it wander on over to one of these games.

1. Count the “Likes, Okays, Ums, and Yeas”

Speeches getting boring? That’s okay. Focus on the speech impediments instead. Every speaker has them. Whether it be a tendency to say like far too often, um in between every other word, or phrase every statement like it’s a question, every speaker has one. In high school, I had a math teacher who said “um kay” after every single sentence. I spent many a math class keeping track of just how many times she could say that particular phrase in a 40 minute period. Want a hint? It was well over ninety.

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OK, so this isn't Kathy, but how cute is this lady?!

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.

Gawker was kind enough to bring this woman’s story to our attention and we thought we’d bring it to yours. Because not only does she deserve a little recognition for having the determination to stick with it for 19 years while holding a job and raising a family, but she’s also done the one thing no one else has. (Poor Cappie he left after just 5 years.) Read More »

The final weeks of my entire college career are wrapping themselves up quickly.  Wasn’t it just yesterday when I was sitting in my first boys dorm room, trying to decide what I was going to do with all of these brand new opportunities?  Wasn’t it just yesterday when I was eating Cheez-its for dinner, and pulling my first all nighter?  Wasn’t it just yesterday when I slapped my first bag?

Since there is a first time for everything, let me tell you about the senior slide. This week, I didn’t want to do a single thing that pertained to school.  Get this, I even took it upon myself to scroll through a healthy amount of pictures (649, to be exact) tagged of myself on Facebook to dodge homework production. It’s bad. Real bad.

If you’re Senior Slidin’ (or just ready to ditch the books and do something, anything, else), here’s one more thing to get you through the few remaining hours of the week: taking a look at what already happened.

- We are counting down the days (and it feels like it’s taking forever) for Glee to be back in our lives. In case you aren’t excited enough, look at our favorite musical gems brought to you by Schuester and his glee club.

- Lately, I have been obsessed with the sophisticated boyfriend blazer, and we can help you make your own!

- We know Cosmopolitan says the darndest things, but we also discovered Glamour and Maxim have the same silly tendencies in their glossy pages, too.

- We said goodbye to Hannah Montana and contemplated the reasons why Miley is moving out on her own. Read More »

Even though my days of filling out college applications are long gone, I can still remember the frustration of trying to set myself apart from my classmates. AP classes. National Honor Society. Varsity Soccer. Spanish Club. The list goes on.

The trouble is, nowadays, colleges across the country receive thousands of applications from students with exceptional grades, tons of extra-curriculars, volunteer work, and a stellar essay (even if it’s BS).

So how does one prove themselves more worthy than their peers?
Tufts University thinks that YouTube is the way to go. Read More »

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