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Campus Life at 100 of the Best Colleges, Summed Up in a Single Sentence
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QUIZ: Which Literary Movement Do You Belong In?
Look, I like the twenty-first century just as much as the next Internet-addicted youth who couldn’t survive longer than twenty minutes without indoor plumbing. But a part of me still FEELS like I should be writing …
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Campus Life at 100 of the Best Colleges, Summed Up in a Single Sentence
There is no greater Sorting Hat than the college admissions system, and SO MANY PLACES TO GET SORTED. If you’ve just started college, or you’re wondering where to apply, you’ll want to check our roundup …
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7 Books Everyone Misunderstands (And What They Actually Mean)
Writers don’t usually come out and say “Hello everyone! Welcome to my book. Here’s what everything means.” No, no—they prefer to let you figure it out on your own. The problem with this, of course, …
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6 Fictional Characters You Would Probably Hate in Real Life
I want to believe I would enjoy hanging out with my favorite fictional characters, but in reality I’m not so sure. The qualities that make them so well-loved in novels are probably the same qualities …
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13 Literary Quotes That Will Get You Excited About Autumn
There are two types of people in this world: people who love autumn, and people who hate people who love autumn. Both are fine people to be. However, I’m very much the former. Life can …
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What to Do If You Left All of Your Required Reading Until the Last Minute
There’s nothing worse than heading back to school after summer vacation and realizing that you did approximately zero reading for English class over the last 8 weeks (to be fair, Netflix wasn’t going to watch itself for …
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QUIZ: Can You Guess the YA Novel from Its First Sentence?
I love young adult novels. I read them very quickly because I have been cursed with an inability to put a book down once I start it, which means dishes often go undone and laundry …
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17 of the Most Iconic Lines in All of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare. Some people know him as the Bard of Avon, others know him as the father of the English language. (There are those who will say that Geoffrey Chaucer is the father of the …
12 Things You Can Tell People You Did This Summer Since All You Really Did Was Stay Home and Watch Netflix
What did you do this summer? Nothing? Thank God, because neither did I. Hopefully neither one of us will run into someone who “traveled” or “bettered themselves” or, God forbid, “went to the beach,” because …
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Give Us Your Required Reading and We’ll Tell You What Movie You Should Watch While You’re Procrastinating
Once again it’s August (the Sunday of summer), and we’re all coming to terms with harsh realities. The most troubling of these is that school is starting soon, and every single one of us wasted …