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Surviving Senior Year: Getting Personal
I still haven’t written my personal statement yet. You know, the one that more or less says “explain yourself in 700 words or less.” The one that asks you to take the last four yours of your life and make them fit in an essay. The one that asks you to be creative, and witty, and unique, while also demonstrating your intelligence and artfully adding in all of your accomplishments.
I Wanted to Have Sex, But I Wanted to Make Him Wait More
For those of you who follow any of my entries on here, if you know anything about me, you know...
What You CAN Do with a B.A. in English
What can you do with a B.A. in English? What is my life going to be? Four years of college,...
5 Ways to Combat Writer’s Block
Okay so it’s finals week, and that = lots and lots of papers, lots of tests, and, of course, the...
Tell Your (Modern) Love Story and Get Published in The NY Times!
The infamous Modern Love column in The New York Times is looking to the college demographic to find out what...
Chick Lit That Won’t Rot Your Brain
Chick lit—one step above romance novels and one step (OK…maybe a few steps) below Jane Austen on the Ladder of...
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-writing mood of...
Goodreads: The Place for Book Nerds
“I would rather set my hair on fire than read this book again.” “Saying this is the best book I’ve...
Writing College Papers: The Art of Bullshit
I was an English major during undergrad, and people often have the misconception that English majors enjoy writing papers. I...
Back to School: Internet Research for Procrastinators
We’ve all been there. It’s a little past 2am and you’re 3 paragraphs into a paper due in a few...
Blog Reading for Voyeurs
I’ll admit it—I’m a voyeur. Not the stand in your bushes, peer in your window type, but the naturally curious...
I nominate Jessica Simpson for a Pulitzer
So apparently Jessica’s newfound freedom has caused her to tap into her deep and intellectual side recently. I was not...
