Success: "The accomplishment of an aim or purpose" (Merriam-Webster). Success is what every person should strive to reach every day. It is the backbone and motivator for all of our wants and needs. Achieving success in college requires hard work and a little bit of knowledge about how to beat the system. The university system…
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How to Succeed in Job Interviews
College and high school seniors, graduation day is almost upon us! What a happy and exciting time. But lurking behind that eagerness to rush out into the world is that old nagging reminder---it says, "You need a job. Like, yesterday." But how to make that happen? Turns out our editorial intern Matt is going through…
A Day in the Life of a Student Researcher
Are you studying for a career in the sciences? Not sure where to begin to gather that lab experience that is oh so important for obtaining your degree and landing a great job? Our Math and Science intern Wilson shares his experiences of finding his place as a student researcher and shares the four lessons…
How to Make the Most of your Study Abroad Experience
Part 2 of "Another Kind of Green": 15 helpful tips from our editorial intern on how to prepare for and make the most of your time studying abroad. "Once in a while when it's good, it'll feel like it should." In John Mayer's Song "Stop this Train", Mayer compares life to a train that's moving too fast, wanting…
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Another Kind of Green: How Studying Abroad Can Improve Your College Experience
To study abroad or not to study abroad? It's a question that confronts college students on a frequent basis, introducing an inevitable flurry of related questions that plague us: when should I go? Where should I go? WHY should I go?? Well, in an attempt to help you tackle those questions for yourself, our editorial…
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This is the Real World
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…
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…
How College Is Like That Juicy Hamburger You Just Don’t Want to End
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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