The college essay: It’s a phrase that’s enough to make you break into a cold sweat. Simply put, many people are intimidated (terrified!) of penning it — and with good reason. “The college essay is the hardest part of the application process,” said New Haven, Conn.-based Pierre Huguet, CEO of H&C Education. “It’s also one … Read more
College freshman Ryan Abele had a bright future. In high school in Concord, Calif., the 18-year-old had been a baseball player with a 3.94 GPA. In 2016, he enrolled at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he planned to major in broadcast journalism and was excited about joining a fraternity. “It was something that he … Read more
A Reddit poster has been getting lots of online support after refusing to skip college classes to watch seven siblings when the poster’s parents wanted to travel out of town for a getaway. “I am 21 and am the oldest of 8 kids with the youngest being 11,” Reddit poster “scoopertrooper219” posted on the subreddit “Am … Read more
She’s engineered a whole new way to make money. A British woman says she dropped out of college because she was “too pretty” to pursue a conventional career — and said she’s on track to make a fortune as an Instagram influencer. Raquel Llorente, 23, studied engineering and product development at a college in Britain, … Read more
James Cameron won’t be heading to theaters anytime soon to catch the latest Marvel or DC movie. The “Titanic” director, 68, discussed the evolution of cinema in a new interview, noting how comic book characters lack depth. “When I look at these big, spectacular films — I’m looking at you, Marvel and DC — it … Read more
We’re in the throes of my son’s college applications and have a bit of stress. He wants to go to a small liberal arts college, and thinks it will help him figure out a career at some point. We want him to go to a school that is known for graduating students with a clear … Read more
A Reddit user revealed in a recent post that as a young person in his mid-20s, he’d had a lot of trouble making new friends. He said he’d kept a “few golden friends” over the years — yet lately he’d been “working so much I hardly noticed that’s all I ever did.” He said that … Read more
It all started well enough, but I never thought I’d be in this position. I was 21 and just finishing my engineering degree when I met my future husband. I met him at a party of a mutual friend – not at uni. Looking back now, that was a sign of what was to come, but I was too … Read more
More money than sense? A TikToker is dividing the internet after sharing the controversial money rules he followed in order to amass a fortune. Charlie Ehlers, a 28-year-old “stock investor” from Australia, says he saved more than $200,000 by the time he turned 26 — thanks to ideas such as avoiding going to college unless … Read more
A law professor shared on Twitter the pieces of an ingenious cheating system involving pens used by one of her students, garnering enough attention that the student revealed how he accomplished his feat. Cheating returned to the news during the pandemic as remote learning made it easy for students to look up answers on exams. However, the … Read more
When mom-of-three Heather Behrends’ oldest son Jake, 15, started playing baseball, she found herself getting involved. Very involved. “I would go out to practice with him and critique what he was doing — every swing he would take,” Behrends, 43, recalled. Behrends wanted Jake to do well, and when the Denver-based founder of parenting blog … Read more