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Lindsey Pollak’s Top 10 Job Hunting Tips of 2010

It’s next year, which tends to trigger heaps of clean-slate thoughts and lots of getting-shit-done inspiration. For anyone wanting advice regarding career development/improvement, or maybe just a job, Lindsay Pollack has rounded up her Top 10 Job Hunting Tips of [ READ MORE ]

Year One: A College Blog

The transition from being a kick-ass high school senior to a floundering, inept college freshman is no fun for anyone[ READ MORE ]

Scholarship Advice From the Scholarship Coach

Tuition rates, in case you’ve missed it, have reached new and astonishingly execrable heights. Paying for college is like some kind of monetary gauntlet. Don’t make your folks do it alone—apply for as many scholarships as you can![ READ MORE ]

Entoview College Edition

Sometimes flying by the seat of your pants works out stupendously, but every once in a while it’s wise to be prepared[ READ MORE ]

Ira Glass Explains Talent

And then Mr. Glass allowed three Roadtrip Nationers to interview him about career advice. His answers were honest, complex, and blew not one iota of sunshine up anyone’s arse[ READ MORE ]

College Prep Plan For Senior Year

If you’ve made it this far, my guess is you’re on top of the big bad College Admissions To Do List. If you feel you need an outside source for reference, please see College Admission Blog’s College Prep Plan. It’s obsessive enough to make you feel safe[ READ MORE ]

Hone Your Inner B.S. Detector

I think we all know how I feel about college rankings lists: unreliable. (That’s me being restrained and polite. Enjoy it now. It won’t last.)[ READ MORE ]

How To Pull Yourself Up After Everything Falls Apart

If you’re a lucky bastard, this will only happen to you once or twice in your life: Everything will fall apart, either through your own doing or just because when the universe flings poo, it has to land somewhere and this time it hit you[ READ MORE ]

Factors to Consider When Choosing the Perfect College

The penultimate act before the ultimate goal is reached: choosing the perfect college[ READ MORE ]

National Geographic’s “Find Your Footprint” Contest

National Geographic and Procter & Gamble have joined forces to hold the "Find Your Footprint"[link] conservation competition for K-12 classrooms[ READ MORE ]