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As the college year winds down, many students are asking themselves two hard questions. How long is it really going to take to get their degree? And can they afford to keep going?
A St. John’s University study found male students were more likely to use fraudulent excuses than female students, but not by much—75% vs. 70%. Fully 25% of American college students admit they have made up a phony excuse four or more times.
Exam time is here. And according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, roughly six of every 100 collegian brains are illegally swimming in amphetamines.
It’s no stretch to say that student loans are the biggest crisis facing higher education right now. Rocketing tuition costs and a very tight job market have forced more students than ever—two-thirds—to borrow to pay for their education. And the amounts are staggering.
It’s become a familiar scene on campuses around the country: a crowd of college women loitering on the green, with hardly a man in sight. But these aren’t women’s colleges—they’re co-ed institutions. These days, the odds a woman between 25 and 34 has a bachelor’s degree (or more) are 1 in 3.06, while the odds for a man of the same age are just 1 in 3.89.
As if students applying to college and graduate school didn’t have enough to worry about—what with grades, test scores, activities, interviews, and essays—it turns out the weather can also affect admissions decisions, specifically when there’s an interview involved.
Twice a year, in late February and late July, thousands of would-be lawyers face one final hurdle before they can start practicing law and paying off the $100,000 in debt they carry on average: passing the bar exam.
Dr. Spock he was not. But the famously obscene comedian George Carlin did offer up parenting advice on a track of his 2008 comedy album, “It’s Bad for Ya.” There, in characteristic bleep-worthy style, Carlin ranted about the dangers of filling children’s agendas with play dates and activities.
The college semester is well underway, and yet many students—some well beyond freshman year—are still trying to decide on their area of concentration. In fact, if you were to query a group of students about their major, 1 in 8.2 of them might sigh, laugh, or cringe.
The plan seemed foolproof, as they usually do at 17. Several students would stand guard while others used stolen keys to break into the filing cabinets of teachers for algebra, calculus, chemistry and advanced math honors classes.
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