And no, it's not the kind where seven people are picked to live in a house. In our editorial intern's final post, she tells you all the things you shouldn't waste your time worrying about in this time of inevitable worries---graduation. Hi all, Today is my last day as an intern at eNotes. Because they’re promoting…
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Blinded by Science
How eNotes' Math and Science intern overcame his trouble with the sciences and learned to love his Biochemistry major. Science: the subject that many find so difficult to understand (and so boring to even attempt to understand) that they just dread learning about it, dread having to sit in class and listen to the teacher…
Hey, Seniors! Words of Wisdom Before You Graduate
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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The Metamorphosis of a Graduating Senior
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…
The Writer’s Diet: Is a Trim Essay a Good Essay?
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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Your Study Session Menu
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),…
Get Your Butt Out of That Rut!
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…
Confessions of a Book Abandoner
A positively shameful confession from college student and eNotes intern, Yael... I need to confess something, guys. I’m a book-starter. That kind of sounds like a positive thing, but it’s not. Allow me to rephrase. I’m a book-abandoner… a book-deserter. I just can’t kick the habit. In the past two years, I’ve probably started and…