Final exams can be a make-or-break moment for college and high school students. For some, finals are their last opportunity to boost their grade above a certain average, going from that cursed B+ to that blessed A-. For others, it’s a slightly scary chance to fumble the bag, bringing their high grades down to their …
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‘He’s below average and didn’t deserve it’: College Applicant Gets Rejected From Cornell With 4.6 GPA, Sparks Debate About Entitled Students
Every so often, I wish I could go back to being younger. It would be nice to approach certain situations with the value of hindsight. At the same time, one thing I am 1000% good at never, ever experiencing again is the crushing pressure of academia. All those exams and all that cramming just to …
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30 College Memes for Brave Finals Week Warriors
Finals week can be one of the most trying times in a young one’s life. I remember reaching new states of unhinged with my friends in the library, pajamas on, barefoot, rolling on caffeine. The stress of exams can be immense, and the work seems insurmountable. But everyone has their tricks to keep them going. …
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College-Educated Employee Expects Coworker Clean Up Her Mess On His Own Time
We’ve all known that person who cannot clean up after themselves in any shared space. When I was growing up doing community theatre, there would always be somebody who would leave their stuff around an already messy dressing room. No matter how often we were told to put our costumes and makeup away, somebody would …
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Entitled College Graduate Gets Roasted for Complaining That Entry Level Marketing Jobs Pay Less Than Being a Server
As part of the generation that grew up during the 2008 financial crisis, I’ve spent most of my life with the creeping suspicion that I may never be better off than my parents. This feeling kind of softened the blow of doing one degree that any tech bro would sneer at as unemployable, then another …
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Law Student Relentlessly Bullies Pizza Shop Coworkers, Gets Defrauded in Pro Revenge
Coworkers are one of those things that can make or break a job. Working alongside great people can make the most depressing of roles seem not that bad, and those who make it their mission to be your personal nightmare drag the quality of your working life right down. It’s bad enough if a colleague …
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Law Student Relentlessly Bullies Pizza Shop Coworkers, Gets Stopped Defrauding in Pro Revenge
Coworkers are one of those things that can make or break a job. Working alongside great people can make the most depressing of roles seem not that bad, and those who make it their mission to be your personal nightmare drag the quality of your working life right down. It’s bad enough if a colleague …
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Professor Gives Student a Zero on Their Essay, Claims There’s a 27% Chance Their Summary Paragraph Was Written With AI
I do not envy college students in a post-ChatGPT world. I was lucky to graduate from undergrad a few months before that went worldwide. I’m grateful I never had to sit through a professor begging the class not to use Artificial Intelligence to write an English paper. Even though I empathize with professors and teachers …
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‘Career Coach’ Encourages Clients to Make Fake Degrees, Can’t Believe People Didn’t Cheat Through College
A wise inspirational quote once said, «Winners never cheat, and cheaters never win.» I learned that firsthand when I failed my US Government AP test in high school after not studying and looking up the test answers online for the entire semester. I justified this behavior to myself by thinking that our teacher should have …
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College Student Accidentally Tries to Drop Out of the Wrong University
College is not for everybody. While some of us thrive in an academic environment, many people want to start their lives as soon as possible, and there is nothing wrong with that! As a society, we have pressured entire generations into attending college for prestige reasons when so many members of said generations would be …
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