7 Ways You Can Tell That Midterms Are Here
As if you needed another reminder that you have that giant midterm in two days.
Your Guide to Surviving Finals
Finals are here, but it doesn’t have to be a frightening subject! If you are stressing about your upcoming tests, take a deep breath – because we’re all in this together. Test-taking is not everyone’s strongest suit, but with careful planning and a focused mind, anyone can survive the insanity of final exam week. Here are a few tips to get you on track – and prepare you to make mincemeat out of those tests!

Look Library Chic [CC Lookbook]
Just because you have devote your free time to studying doesn’t mean you can’t look stylish while doing it. Right? Right.
Study Hacks for Midterm Season
You are slumped over your desk, your eyes hurt from hours of reading, and you feel trapped in the library. You want to stop studying more than you’ve ever wanted anything, but you are only halfway through the material and your midterm is in a week! Rescue yourself before you have a Youtube-worthy breakdown with some tried and true study hacks.
We’ve All Been There: Spring (Not So) Break
There are only 4 days (well, more like 3 days, 22 hours and 12 minutes) until your flight takes off for Cancun. You’ve got 6 lectures and 2 discussion sections between you and the smell of SPF 30/sweet, sweet freedom, but your brain has been checked out for days.
The Weekly Ten: Not a Fan of February
’m not sure if it’s the bad weather or the senioritis or my inability to focus on any one task for more than five minutes at a time, but I’ve been in quite the mood these past few days. And I’m taking my anger out on February, this too short, unproductive, cold, depressing, and generally annoying month.
11 Things in College I’m Not Thankful For [GALLERY]
With study sessions fueled by Hot Pockets and Monster energy drinks, Thanksgiving has been the light at the end of this dark tunnel. Seeing family and friends, eating a hearty home-cooked meal, and doing absolutely nothing but sleeping and shopping for days in a row… it’s almost too good to be true.

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Body Blog: Plan Your Plate & Stop Your Food Binge
Dear CollegeCandy, Thank you so much for your topics on health and fitness. As a college student, I feel very self-conscious about my body, and it causes a great deal of self-esteem issues. Especially around midterms, eating binges for me are fairly common. What is the best way to prevent this? Also, I live with two boys who eat WHATEVER they want… how do I avoid eating what they eat??
Plan Ahead to Avoid the Post-Thanksgiving Crunch
When the hell did November get here? That is what I want to know. Seriously, just yesterday I was telling y’all how to prepare your brains for August and get back into the school mode. And now it’s November. How did that happen and how can I make it stop?
Candy Dish: Campus Scoop
• Gap year lessons
• Best foods to eat before an exam
• The ultimate school playlist
• Emma Watson talks about life at a (non-magical) school
• Why can’t this girl get here work done?
• Plan ahead to avoid the post-Thanksgiving crunch
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.
Body Blog: Don’t Worry, (Here’s How to) Be Happy
It’s that time of year during which my peers and I are go crazy trying to prepare for upcoming midterms, lab practicals, 10-page essays, and other ultra stressful, all-nighter inclining assignments. Although I am not pre-med, almost everyone in my classes is (it’s the sad reality of being a nutrition major) and their academic stress and competitiveness can be contagious if one is not careful.

The Starting Line: My Very First Midterm Season
So I’m new at this whole midterms thing. The idea that I’ve been more or less lounging around for the past 6 weeks and then – wham! – I’m hit with a test that’s worth 40% of my grade…that’s kind of crazy.