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People think decisions come to an end once they choose their college. The reality is that the decisions are only beginning. One of the next big decisions is which type of dorm to stay in? Should it be a separate one or a coed one? Whether you are going to one of the Texas Colleges or one on the
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11 days ago
3 Easy One-Pot 30 Minute Meals
It can be really difficult to keep healthy at university especially when your main food group becomes pizza and the only exercise you get is on the dance floor. But we’re here to help! Here are 3 simple, one-pot 30 minute meals!
We all know how difficult it is to eat well when you’re at uni
16 days ago
Pub Survival 101
You surely know how to survive the pub. You’ve had lots of practice, right? Well, don’t be ashamed if you haven’t. After all, by the time you head off to college, you may or may not have passed the magic age that allows you entrance into the hallowed halls of liquid libations. Not
1 month ago
Volunteering: Leaving the College Bubble
When you’re at college, it’s easy to feel that the world outside just doesn’t exist. You’re in a self-contained universe, almost everything you need is right there on campus, and there just isn’t much reason to leave. There may come a time, however, when you miss
6 months ago
Finding Your Homeys in College
College changes everything. You may be the same person that you were when you left high school, but everything that surrounds you will be different. Having a variable schedule each day that you can choose, designing an academic program that consists of courses that are required as well as
6 months ago
Don’t Forget About Sleep: A Body Can’t Run on Beer and Pizza Alone
You are going to classes, right? – Check
You are making time for studying, researching and writing projects, right? – Check
You are selflessly giving of yourself by showing up at the Uni pubs and bars and clubs on a regular basis, right? – Check
You are keeping in touch with
7 months ago
How to Avoid Murdering your Alarm Clock
Some of us struggle with getting out of bed in the mornings. Okay, most of us struggle. But how can a hike across campus on a blustery day to get to a lecture as dry as toast compete with the mattress that warmly supports you and the blankets that caress you in their folds? Really, it can’t.
7 months ago
Orientation Week is Over: Where Am I?
So, what are you to do when orientation week is over? Well, for starters it’s likely that you are feeling very highly oriented, so there shouldn’t be any problems, right? What, you’re having problems? Hmm…
- Maybe the orientation was simply too fast for you to fully absorb all that
7 months ago
College Life Takes a Better Strategy Program Than a Swiss Search & Rescue Team
Congratulations, you got into University! And now, after all your hard work, the experience has begun. The classes, the parties, the reading, the pubs, the studying, the local hotties… That is unless your attending one of those newfangled online colleges. There are plenty of online college
7 months ago
Mom and Dad, Get a Life
You’ve been looking forward to going to college for a very long time. Years, in fact. The idea of having a new set of friends, entering a world that is completely different from the one you came from and which is made up of all kinds of people is very exciting. You’re about to really
7 months ago
Why Does Everyone Here Seem Smarter Than Me?
or When you’re a star in high school but simply a small fish in a big pond at college
In high school, lots of students achieve reputations for success based on different factors: popularity, playing sports, getting good grades, participating in lots of school activities and so on. Since
7 months ago
Learn How to Sleep with Your Eyes Open: Getting Through the Boring Classes
Hey, wake up. Wake up! You were starting to drool — that’s a dead give-away that you are nodding off in class. Yeah, yeah, we know: this is your least favorite class. It’s too bad because you have to take this class, and you have to pass it. So buckle yourself in and have a look at some
7 months ago
Free at Last, Free at Last, Thank God Almighty I’m Free at Last
Let’s be clear: the famous words of Martin Luther King about the freedom experienced by former slaves can in no way be considered equal to the independence and lack of restrictions that you will experience when you go away to college. Nevertheless, being away from your home and from
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