The Grades

Going for the Gold—How Competitive Sports Pay Off for Life

You’ve heard it before and chances are, you’ll hear it again: No Guts. No Glory. But there’s a reason this cliché stays current in student athletics. It’s true. In competitive sports, the bottom line is, you really have to want it to make it work for you in the long run. Really wanting it means […]

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Which College To Attend?

Choosing which college to study in is one of the first major decisions anyone makes to mark the start of their adult life. It’s a decision that also determines a huge part of what your future looks like. Some students even take a gap year until they can figure out which college to choose. There […]

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Kindness on Campus

When you think of college and being on campus, I’m sure politeness and kindness are the last things you think of. I never really thought about it either, until I started paying better attention to my surroundings. As I was swaying back and forth on the Flash Bus, holding on for the sake of embarrassment, […]

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Are SATs Enough For Colleges To Decide Upon?

The SAT is a dreaded moment for many teens nationwide. Four hours of pencil tapping and nervous perspiration. Can a four-hour test really describe one’s intelligence? And for that sake, what makes a person intelligent? Many schools such as Sarah Lawrence College believe that SAT scores do not fully display a person’s intelligence and future […]

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Social Awareness

Walking around campus you see many different people. All the sorority girls are walking around with others in their group. You can tell which sorority they belong to by the letters on their shirt and matching bag. Even the frat guys are sporting their fraternity name. I am pretty sure rush (the time when people […]

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If You Are A Junior….It’s Game Time. Start Planning For College Now.

Two years down, two more to go. It is now your junior year and you are cruising steadily along. Well, you better awaken from that blissful reverie, it is game time. College is still a ways off, but you have to get started on your college preparations. I do not want to sugar coat this […]

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Are Boys More Likely To Be Accepted Into College?

Looking through the pages of my September issue of Teen Vogue, searching for new fashion and beauty inspiration for the new school year, I came across an article about college admissions. The article revealed that boys are more likely to be accepted into college than girls because of the lack of boy applicants. Girls who […]

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Return to Child Simplicity

The dreaded and most often asked question for a teenager is: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Well, when you were let’s say in kindergarten, this was a simple question with only a few possible answers, like a teacher, a singer, a dancer, a doctor, a princess, etc. Nevertheless, as high […]

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