Archive for the ‘ Advice ’ Category

Pay Attention When Scott Adams Gives Education Advice to College Students

Since he’s already got my respect, I had no trouble giving full focus to his article in the Wall Street Journal about why the average college student would benefit more from learning how to run a business than from all that chemistry, calculus, and art history mumbo-jumbo. I loathe business and can’t get enough of the mumbo-jumbo arts, hard sciences, and math, but his article made so much sense I was forced (against my will!) to agree[ READ MORE ]

“Unbundling College: How to Avoid Spending $100,000 (or more) on a Credential You Don’t Really Need”

I’ve been a fan of Ramit Sethi for a long time. He’s smart and I like the way he thinks---simple and logical and rarely what I’m expecting. He comes from a money/business/finance direction, so reading what Ramit has to say about higher education, graduate degrees, necessity and money had to be done[ READ MORE ]

Grad School Heaven

Two major points in their favor: They understand the college rankings machine and its methods are questionable and should be taken with a grain of salt, and they are of the strong opinion that any prospective grad student who pays someone else to write admissions essays/statements/letters of intent is a jackass who is decreasing his/her chances of being accepted[ READ MORE ]

Making the Summer Internship Work for You

There seems to be some theory in the offing that insists there's a direct correlation between one's future trajectory and one's summer break activities. [ READ MORE ]

Simple List for High School Seniors

High school seniors who’ll be heading off to college in the fall are so over all the work they’ve put in thus far, every cell in their burnt out bodies is screaming to be finished. Seniors (and their cells, apparently) are fresh out of blood, sweat, and tears and it’s all they can do not to write it all off and just let go until June[ READ MORE ]

Handy Tool for Choosing Which College to Attend

For high school seniors, April means making the biggest decisions of their College Admissions Odyssey: Which college to pick among the colleges that have chosen said seniors[ READ MORE ]

Massive Guilt Expected From High School Drop-Outs

Thinking of being a high school drop-out when you grow up? Please won’t you first consider the role you’ll be playing in taking society down to its knees[ READ MORE ]

Tightly Wound Parental Units

The parents who will be driving their offspring to insanity as soon as the kids can spell S-A-T start in on the psychotic haranguing early[ READ MORE ]

Some People Choose Anxiety

Researchers studying highly anxious people were intrigued to find that the more twitchy humans among us don’t necessarily want the sources of our anxiety to be dealt with; we like our high anxiety levels where they are, so back the hell off. It’s free, it’s legal, and it’s an awesome rush. [ READ MORE ]

Livin’ Soap Free and Lovin’ It!

Sean Bonner has gone eighteen months without soap or shampoo. Good for him. He’s one up on the rest of us if Mad Max rides into town with the four horsemen of the apocalypse[ READ MORE ]