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· Riley Schatzle
Elon Musk Paid His College House Rent by Hosting Epic Nightclub Parties
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk displayed his entrepreneurial spirit in college when he transformed his house into a nightclub to pay his rent. After Musk transferred from Queen’s University to the University of Pennsylvania, he rented a large house, threw huge parties…
· Laura Dang
High Schooler Raises $80,000 for College Using Website That Pays for Good Grades
One high school student earned $80,000 before walking down the aisle for graduation. Abby Saxastar raised the money through a startup called Raise.me and is using the funds to cover her full tuition at Stetson University, a private college in central Florida. According to CNN,…
· Laura Dang
Broke College Student Successfully Crowdfunds $10 Chicken McNugget Meal
Crowdfunding has proven to do miraculous things: giving a former homeless man the chance to turn his life around, helping a woman purchase a wheelchair-accessible van for her father, and now, paying for a guy’s 20-piece chicken McNugget meal. A Jacksonville State University…
· Editorial Staff
In Pictures: Chinese Student Who Lost Both His Arms Starts His First Day of College
Chao Peng is a first-year student at the Sichuan University School of Law in Chendu, China. Because he lost his arms when he was younger, Peng has learned how to do everyday tasks with his feet. Peng chose to live in the dorms during his first year despite his parents living…
· Editorial Staff
High School Couple Has Difficult Talk About How They’ll Last After Leaving For College
Do you remember your first love? Check out this recent Glamour video where high school couple Isobel and Adam, who have been dating for just a year, talk about how they met, their relationship and whether they will last as they prepare to leave for college.
· Editorial Staff
15 Times Broke College Students Completely Hacked Life
College may be the time in an individual’s life when they are introduced to advanced concepts such as computational linear algebra or astrophysics, but it is also the time when many learn how to fix real-world problems on a budget. From cooking pasta in a coffee maker to using…
· Laura Dang
Tinder Listed Out the Most Swiped-Right Colleges in the U.S. — Here are the Results
The Tinder votes are in for the hottest males and females at college campuses across America. Users of the popular dating app have unknowingly provided data that reveal which colleges have the most right swipes for their male and female students. According to Tinder, the lists…
· Jeremy Cai
Twenty-Year-Old Shares What Dropping Out of College For Your Startup is Really Like
*On a personal note, I’m doing fine. I have been and currently am super happy. Truth is often stretched for the sake of storytelling. It seems like leaving school is becoming more common, so I wanted to share a few honest thoughts for those considering it and for those who may…
· Riley Schatzle
Vintage Photos Show How College Dorms Have Changed Over the Last 100 Years
The dorm lives of college students has been intriguing to many for decades, which is why the University of Wisconsin-Madison has kept a collection of photos in their archives showing the housing of college students for the past 110 years. Check them out below. 1898:
· Laura Dang
Lebron James Will Spend $42 Million on Scholarships to Put 1,100 Kids Through College
NBA star Lebron James announced last Thursday that his foundation is collaborating with the University of Akron to sponsor over a thousand scholarships for kids in his I Promise program. The program, based in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, is a part of the LeBron James Family…
· Riley Schatzle
Drunk College Student Emails Professor, Receives the Best Response Ever
A student called out his professor in an email for being bald and then asked him for an extension on his essay because he was too drunk to meet the initial deadline — his professor replied with hilarity. Patrick Davidson, a student at an unnamed U.S. college, emailed his…
· Riley Schatzle
Some Colleges are Dropping The Most Hated Admissions Requirement
Yesterday, George Washington University joined the growing list of colleges that do not mandate applicants submit SAT or ACT test scores. The Washington, D.C. university is one of the largest and most well-known schools to join the group of over 850 schools that currently have…
· Sebastian Dillon
Girl Spends Entire $90,000 College Fund on Clothes and Vacation, Blames Her Parents
A 22-year-old girl claims she spent $90,000 meant for her senior year of college tuition on clothes and a vacation to Europe, but blames her parents for not teaching her to “budget or something.” The girl, who only identified herself as Kim, first called in to the Atlanta-based…
· Riley Schatzle
How a College Dropout Became One of the World’s Top Male Models
Brad Kroenig, named one of the top male models of all time by Vogue, managed to push his career into the stratosphere by snagging the attention of legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. Kroenig, at 36, is no spring chicken in the modeling game, but because of his talents…
· Laura Dang
College Grad Builds an Office With 8,500 Empty Beer Bottles
A Chinese college graduate created a building out of beer bottles. Designer Li Rongjun spent four months building a 29-square-meter building from 8,500 beer bottles.
· Editorial Staff
College Student Hacked for $3,000 Serves as Warning of Venmo’s Security Issues
Venmo is a popular payment app that’s risen in use especially among young people, as it allows users to send money to another person’s account using only banking account information, without fees or credit card information. The app’s security and reimbursement issues, however,…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Boyfriend Dresses Up Like 17-Year-Old Girlfriend to Take Her College Exam, Gets Caught
A young man was dubbed the most romantic man in Kazakhstan after he dressed up as his 17-year-old girlfriend so he could pass a school exam for her. Ayan Zhademov, 20, of Kazakhstan, wanted nothing more than to please his girlfriend, whose name has not been released, after she…
· Waylae Gregoire
Best Advice for Asians Applying to Elite Colleges: ‘Appear Less Asian’
Asian-American students, generally known for their over-achievement and stellar academic records, are now being more often shunned by top universities all over the country because there are supposedly just too many of them — too many have perfect GPAs and ridiculously high SATs,…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
CEO Offers to Pay for College Tuition of Employees’ Kids
Stock options, 401(k) with employer-matching contributions and free gym memberships are the most popular perks that employees receive from their employers. But some progressive companies like Google, Apple and Starbucks, who are all known to take great care of their employees,…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
College Board Loses 300 SAT Tests, High Schoolers Doomed to Retake Them
Hey kids, remember that SAT you took almost a month ago? Well, oops, they were lost. And guess what else? You now have to retake them! Nearly 300 students at Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia, learned yesterday that the SATs they took on May 2 failed to arrive to the…