DIY Dorm Decoration: 6 Cheap and Easy Ideas
It's not always easy to decorate your dorm room. While you may be really excited about getting everything just right, more often than not, it's expensive and challenging to pull a room together the way that magazines show. But it doesn't have to be impossible; I...
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Where to Get Cheap School Supplies for College
When I was a kid, I loved shopping for school supplies. Every September promised new beginnings, and every new folder or set of pens promised me that this would be the year I finally became a good student. It took me a long time to actually become that good student,...
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College Capsule Wardrobe: 36 Items, Endless Options
In the summer before my freshman year, one of the things I wanted to learn about most what clothes to bring to college. I didn't find a lot of resources on which clothes to bring, so I ended up bringing almost everything I owned — weighing down my limited luggage and...
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How to Prioritize Your To Do List: the Ultimate To Do List Hack
I was recently reading about productivity when I came across a really interesting idea. It's technically called the Eisenhower Matrix, inspired by a quote attributed to the famously productive president Dwight D. Eisenhower: “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent...
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What College is Really Like
I recently ran a reader survey in which I asked you guys to let me know what you'd like to see more of, either here on College Compass, or in the college blogosphere in general. One reader's answer really caught my attention; she said: "A realistic overview of what...
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Review: Make A’s in College in 8 Days by As Life Grows
One of my favorite things about the college blogging niche is how many passionate bloggers there are. Just a few years ago, when there were only a few of us, there were fewer perspectives on how to study, what works, and what doesn't. Now that the community has grown,...
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