As you might've heard, our editorial intern Yael graduated last week! Now that the penny has dropped, we asked her to share some advice with soon to be graduating seniors. At the risk of inducing a minor panic attack, we asked her, "what would you have done differently?" This is what she came up with.…
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eNotes' editorial intern just graduated from university! Wondering what it's like to leave college and move on to the real world? Outlined here are the six phases of graduation... and yeah, they're just a little scary. But don't worry, you'll get through it. I just graduated a week ago. So naturally, I’ve been thinking a…
Ah, the secret life of the human brain. It's hard to imagine that something that exists inside of each of us, that governs our every waking moment (and every sleeping moment for that matter), can be too complex for us to completely understand--more mysterious than the depths of the deepest ocean. In just one second,…
WARNING: your writing may be headed for a coronary. No, this is not an indictment of your eating habits. (Believe me--these days I can hardly put fingers to keyboard without a sugary coffee and half a bag of Cadbury's mini eggs in me. I am intimately familiar with the ailment that is "writer's bum." Ergo,…
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Can you say #finalsweek ? A few tips from our intern on how to tackle finals and hunger simultaneously. Beware: it may put you in the mood for the Sixth Sense and drippy, crumbly things... Good food can make any situation better. Even if you were experiencing the worst possible thing (i.e. traffic on the 405),…
How is it possible to be too comfortable? Honestly, I don’t think you can put a ceiling on something like comfort. Being the mathematical, rational genius that I am (got an A in pre-algebra, guys), I have spent countless hours deducing a mathematical equation for this. Where: x = number of snuggies in your possession…
A little unorthodox advice from a fellow student--our eNotes intern. There’s winter, spring, summer, and fall… And then there’s midterm season. For us quarter-system kids, the time is now. (For you semester kids, don’t pity us—they’re coming for you.) If you’re in college, you know this is one of the worst times of the year.…
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Just come with us on this one... eNotes' intern offers more advice on how to savor college and prep for the real world, which in foodie-terms can only be likened to that salad bar at the Souplantation--a bottomless pit of just "meh." So, now that we've livened your spirits... Picture this. You’re at a restaurant,…
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