College
I truly love having my young adult daughter visit home from college. The visits are precious moments and a new chapter in our lives. Yet, as much as I cherish my 20-year-old kid’s presence, I find myself quietly looking forward to when she returns to her student flat. Loading audio…
The US government is targeting a group whose hyper-reactive skills align with one of its most demanding jobs: Gamers. Loading audio narration… Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday that the Federal Aviation Administration will accept applications for air traffic controller jobs from April 17 through April 27.The role, which is…
This year’s Ivy Day was brutal, and the admissions numbers prove it. Loading audio narration… Yale admitted a record-low 2.9% of regular decision applicants from a pool of nearly 55,000 students, the second-largest in the school’s history.Columbia received 61,031 applications — the largest pool in its history — and admitted…
The vision I had for my college experience was something straight out of a glossy homecoming brochure: spontaneous road trips, late nights spent dancing terribly at parties, football games, and a close-knit friend group to enjoy it all with. Loading audio narration… However, social anxiety, depression, and the COVID-19 pandemic…
Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s chief technology officer, has some simple advice for aspiring technologists: Start building — now. Loading audio narration… The executive hosted an Ask Me Anything on his Instagram account this week and answered a college freshman’s question about how to enter the industry.”You just have to immerse yourself…
AI is adding pressure to the already heavy decision of choosing a college major. Loading audio narration… One in six students, roughly 16%, say they’ve changed their major because of AI’s impact on the job market, according to a survey from Gallup and Lumina Foundation of around 3,800 students.The report,…
In a previous life, I was a ratty, vagabond mountain girl. I never thought of myself as a writer, and I definitely didn’t plan to build a career as a ghostwriter. I rarely planned where I’d sleep each night.During a gap year from college in winter 2020, I was working…
“I’m glad my daughter was rejected from an Ivy League college,” I told a friend recently.Her daughter is a high school junior, currently in the thick of curating a list of reach schools. My friend was surprised by my words. I know I’m supposed to want the best college for…
“This way,” our Greek Airbnb host grunted, before winding down an alley and venturing up four flights of stairs. He didn’t offer to help us with our bags. It was dark, we were exhausted, and the cobblestone alley was decidedly not suitcase-friendly.But I was also elated, partly because I was…
Growing up in the suburbs of southern California, I knew a few things to be true about my family. Most importantly, I knew that all we had were each other. Unlike my friends at school, we did not have any extended family. There were no big Thanksgivings, hangouts with our…
