Sharing textbooks for a couple bucks is something that has always made sense to me with my friends, but dealing with a company seems a little bit weird. Chegg.com offers a textbook rental service and apparently they plant a tree for every book you rent. I would like to try them out but I don’t currently have a need for any textbooks.

Have any of you ever tried them? They let you highlight the books but you can’t write in them. This kind of blows for certain classes, but I understand why. Let me know if you …

Mondays are ugly beasts, and, I hate to break it to you, but you’ve been giving them the twinkies.

You spend all of your money on Friday just to get a headache and try to woo Saturday with your mettle by watching all 6 Star Wars. Unfortunately, the weekends are out of your league. To make matters worse, Sunday is such a close friend of Monday that you have to make yourself go to church all day so you have the faintest glimmer of hope when you wake up with Monday’s granny panties draped over your TV.

It’s makeover time. The Queer …

I just finished reading the French version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Gilderoy Lockhart inspired me to write this.

1. You can be qualified to commit medical malpractice and sue yourself.
2. By getting all of your degrees at the same time, you won’t have to worry about buying a frame that doesn’t match down the road.
2.5. All the money you …

This is an article for those unfamiliar with what different degrees mean. They are placed in order of attainment.

Associate of Arts (AA)/Associate of Science (AS)
Time required: 2 Years
Credits required: 60 credit hours

An associate degree is typically awarded by community colleges and can be applied to a bachelor’s degree.

Bachelor of Arts (BA)/Bachelor of Science (BS)
Time required: 4 Years
Credits required: 120-128 depending on the major

This degree is still the standard. Remember your parents telling you “go to college so you can get a degree and a good job” when you were younger? This is the degree they meant.

Master of Arts (MA)/Master of …

With two years of good grades and solid recommendations, finding a great internship should be no problem at all, right? Not exactly. Without careful planning, you are usually going to have to settle for a so-so internship.

Is it possible to do better? Perhaps. (I know you appreciate my optimism. :-D)

Here is your supply list:

1. A list of your main goals written down. Be very clear on what kind of internship you want and for what reasons. Be as specific or immature as you want.
2. A

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Communicating with professors is a great opportunity. In the beginning, the subject matter or perhaps a grade may be the most important topic of discussion. To get past the purely academic/business topics requires a bit of preparation on your part.

Put yourself in the best position possible by doing the following:

Be diligent, honest, and attentive.

Sit up front, or as close to the front as possible, and be an active participant without being annoying or overeager. Ask questions because you don’t understand, not because you are trying to trip your professor up. Be respectful while other students are talking. Remember the following …

Colleges seem to be stuck in the Cold War, at least when it comes to transfer credit. “How the hell do the Tar Heels have this piece of intelligence? Not possible! They cannot be better than us…raise the requirements!” It’s so stupid.

Because of this cave-troll logic, a transfer’s outcome is sometimes a tremendous setback. Many students have some or all of their hard-earned credits changed from academic treasure to arcade tokens, or electives. Normally, electives are the courses you take to still be considered a full-time student, waste time, or explore new interests. You have a great time spending an …

Maybe you are interested in many subjects. Maybe you are a glutton for punishment. Maybe both? Probably.

Students with the academic drive and talent necessary to pursue more than one major are not common. When you consider the fact that barely a majority of students are capable of graduating with even one major, donning the cap and gown with two or more on the wall is an amazing accomplishment.

Before setting anything in stone, let’s cover all of your bases.

You need a plan.

How long is this going to take? Will you have enough money if it takes more …

Smart students hate studying. Having grown up in an education system that permitted them to treat school like a day job, the overtime that comes at college is often a surprise.

Every article I have ever read approaches this subject from the point of view that you are already in the process of studying for a big test. This is like comparing riding a bike for the first time with flying a jet; with the latter, you WILL crash and burn. Before attempting to do something challenging, you have to start small and work your way up.

Unfortunately, inadvertently or not, we …