Stay-at-home-mom insults sister-in-law for attending a branch campus of University of Toronto because she attended the main campus: ‘I asked how she’s using her degree’

When you’re applying to college, the ranking of the schools is always in the back of your head. You want to attend the most prestigious school you can get into, but there are factors that can prohibit that. Cost is a big one. Ivy League schools usually have better financial aid than most top 20 …
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25-year-old boyfriend refuses to pay 22-year-old girlfriend’s $70K per year college tuition, turns her nose up at his offer of $20K per year: ‘She says I’m being unsupportive’

You need to think long and hard about giving thousands of dollars to someone. I don’t care if you believe they are the love of your life…anyone receiving thousands of dollars from someone else is not going to have the same kind of relationship with them as they would with somebody they have no financial …
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Begrudged ex-employee exposes boss’ fraudulent Masters and PhD, gets them revoked: ‘The university just thanked me’

Higher degrees hold a lot of weight in our world, for better or for worse. The thinking behind this usually is: this person worked so hard for years, they must be intelligent, be knowledgable in their field, or at the very least, mean business. So jobs are more likely to hire you, and people are more likely to give …
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27 Hot n’ Sweaty Memes for Mere Mortals Who Hate Summer

When you’re going on your 8th straight day of weather over a hundred degrees, you start to wonder why anyone really likes summer. This hellish period of the year is the bane of everyone’s existence, but Mexico-filter movies, Southern California liars, and whimsical memories of school breaks have tainted the reality of summer. It’s just …
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Grad School Memes For Student Inching Towards Their PhDs

Grad school is one of the craziest things you can willingly subject yourself to. You have to work 16 hours a day on one very specific subject, teach 3 courses, and live off of a $15,000 stipend. Sounds simple enough, right? Grad school is different for everyone, and there are many different types of postgraduate …
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Inane Job Posting Demands Only 20-30 Year Old Female Applicants Over 5’2

It’s no secret that some jobs discriminate based on age and gender. There’s a reason that restaurants typically have teenage girl hostesses and servers and teenage boy dishwashers and busboys. It’s not because one group is uniquely skilled at one of these jobs but because of industry conventions. There are still incredibly legal ways jobs …
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