College Jolt

Campus clubs, founded by a butterfly. (Or, why you should join).

The true definition of networking – according to one of my close companions, dictionary.com – reads: a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest.  Networking varies from a Facebook friend request to establishing a connection on LinkedIn.  My series will explore the abundant ways to network. Hurriedly walking to [...]

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Transferring 101: College is About the Experience Too!

Some students begin their college careers intending to transfer to a different university, perhaps from a 2-year to a 4-year institution.  Others, like myself, found other reasons to fill out transfer applications after attending one school.  Not long ago, transferring was something not many students thought about.  For many students today, however, it is simply [...]

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Surviving September: How To Banish the Post-Summer Blues

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And no, I’m not talking about Christmas, silly! I’m talking about back-to-school time! August has reached its close, and already the noise of yellow school buses has replaced the gorgeous lapping of waves you hear when curled up on the sand with a good book, no worries, [...]

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Type-A? Okay! You can have fun too!

At college, time is always of the essence. There never seems to be enough of it, and it only stretches so far. Sometimes, you spend it wisely (studying, writing papers, eating, sleeping) and other times, not so much (facebook, TV, skype, online shopping). When time does become available to you, there are better things to [...]

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Score FREE meals on campus!

You know, when you’re in the thrush of things, it’s easy to get caught up in the everyday. All your energy is focused on last weekend’s house parties, upcoming football games and favorite classes. It’s likely you’ll loose sight of the grander scheme of things. As an out of college-college blogger, I feel that I [...]

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The Sophomore Slump: Suppressing the Slide

 It’s careening closer at an unstoppable rate, leaving books, paper, printers, and empty wallets in its wake (and in the hands of students across the country). It’s about that time of year again… and that means Year Two of college. The Sophomore Slump has already been defined on this website, and has been whispered about fearfully [...]

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The Size of Your College: Choosing the Right Pond

College can be like thousands of colorful fish swimming in an enormous cluster in the Pacific Ocean, or a tiny school of goldfish, zooming around a pristine little pond. Decisions, decisions. High school students in search of their perfect postsecondary fit can be like fish finding a body of water to call home, except that [...]

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Finding Your Perfect College “Fit”

For most high school seniors, college applications have been turned in, and now the waiting game begins. Soon acceptance letters will arrive in the mail, and it will be time to make the difficult decision of which college to attend in the fall. At the same time, sophomores and juniors are starting to narrow down [...]

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Which Schools Have the Hottest Nightlife? The Rankings Are In!

Good academic program? Check. Decent on-campus housing? Check. Plenty of hot guys/girls? Check. What’s missing? How the hell is the nightlife?! That’s an important question to ask oneself and for some of us, a very important element of our college careers. Student by day does not have to mean student by night. Everyone has got to put down [...]

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The Club Scene: 5 Reasons to Stay Home

During my junior year of high school I was lucky to spend the entire year studying abroad in Spain- aka party capital of the world. Okay okay, maybe that isn’t what they are known for but let me tell you-they know how to party! When I was there I experienced the infamous “discoteca.” I fell in [...]

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