• The Perfect Graduation Outfit!

    The Perfect Graduation Outfit!

    My Facebook news feed is full of statuses about finishing finals and graduating. “Omg, l…

  • An Open Letter to Undergrads

    An Open Letter to Undergrads

    The next (insert number of years here) is going to be one of the greatest times of your life. You’ll get to experience the freedom you’ve longed for, stay up for the late nights you didn’t expect, and find the greatest friends you never even knew existed.

  • How to Get Them to Stop Asking Questions: A Guide for Graduating Seniors

    How to Get Them to Stop Asking Questions: A Guide for Graduating Seniors

    So…big day is almost here. You ready for the real world? What are your plans?
    If you’re cringing at the very thought of these questions then there’s only one possible explanation: You too are a college senior.

  • Surviving Senior Year: Time for Some Rest and Relaxation

    Surviving Senior Year: Time for Some Rest and Relaxation

    After months and months of bemoaning and belaboring senior year, the fall semester is almost complete. Half of my senior year is over. My lasts semester taking a full course load is over. It’s the end of an era, the beginning of something new. It’s what I’ve been counting down to since October.

  • Surviving Senior Year: Senioritis

    Surviving Senior Year: Senioritis

    I have three finals, two papers, and one draft of my senior thesis keeping me from my winter break. Not a walk in the park, but also not an all time high as far finals week frenzies go. But yet, here I sit, far too enamored in this week’s episode of What Not to Wear to even think about getting any of this work done.

  • Singin’ The Graduation Blues

    Singin’ The Graduation Blues

    Four years ago, I started the crazy journey that is college. Though it doesn’t seem like four years ago; the entire experience flew by. It felt like just yesterday that I stepped foot onto Penn State’s main campus and now I’m packing up my apartment and heading off into some crazy unknown direction, also known as the casa de mama and papa.

  • 8 Things You Should Never Say to a College Senior

    8 Things You Should Never Say to a College Senior

    As I sit elbow-deep in final papers, projects and exams that are all due within the next week, saying I’m counting down the seconds until the end of the semester is the understatement of the year. No. Of the century. But if I relayed that fact to my senior friends that are actually graduating in a couple of weeks, they’d smack me.

  • The Senior Files: Job Hunting Time

    The Senior Files: Job Hunting Time

    The job hunt can be intimidating, frustrating, and downright difficult. In today’s market, jobs are hard to come by and a degree from a top university no longer guarantees that you’ll instantly land your dream job or that you’ll even be the best candidate for it. But there are steps we can all take and advice we can all use that will better prepare us for the job hunt and make it seem a lot less intimidating.

  • The 10 Summer Jobs You Don’t Want

    The 10 Summer Jobs You Don’t Want

    Unfortunately for many of us, when finals week rolls around, we’re stressing about how to land a job and start saving for next fall’s text books (and bar tabs). It sucks when you’re desperate, because you’re bound to accept any offer that comes your way. Here are the ten worst summer jobs… which might just make bankruptcy look like the better option.

  • Tales of a Senior: Trying to Handle Stress (and Failing)

    Tales of a Senior: Trying to Handle Stress (and Failing)

    “Is it supposed to be this hard?” I whined to my mom in an email on Tuesday night. I remember in year…

  • Movin’ Out: A Warning to All Seniors

    Movin’ Out: A Warning to All Seniors

    Dear Senior,
    Right about now you are probably rolling a keg back to your house and getting ready t…

  • The Best Would-Be Commencement Address

    The Best Would-Be Commencement Address



    As graduation time for many college seniors is looming in the distance, it’s important to remem…