Imagine if the busiest, most overloaded student you know was sent to spend six months at a school that forbid hard course schedules or extracurricular … Read more
Academic Hell I recently met a student whom I’ll call Amy. She’s a rising junior in the pre-med honors program at a top state university. … Read more
The Drone Army Self-help blogger Steve Pavlina recently published an article titled: What If You Have Many Different Interests and Cannot Commit to Any of … Read more
A Fable of Overachievement I received an interesting e-mail yesterday from a rising sophomore at a top 10 university. He described his high school years, … Read more
Looking for a Few Good Sources A reporter I know at Forbes.com is writing an article on college students, stress, and the importance of having … Read more
Bad Problem, Worse Metaphor Are you a procrastinator? Not necessarily a psychologically-scarred, can’t start work if your life depended on it because you resent your … Read more
Note to Readers: I’m hitting the road this afternoon for a four-day trip. Because of this, I’m posting Friday’s article one day early so that … Read more
Microsoft Doesn’t Care About Clubs In college, I spent a lot of time writing. I started as a humor columnist for the student newspaper … Read more
