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Transferred to a California school from Oregon last year and the scholarship landscape here is genuinely different from what I was used to — larger, more competitive, and weirdly harder to navigate despite theoretically having more resources available. The Cal Grant situation was immediately...

I'm sitting in the library at UC Santa Cruz, looking out at the redwoods, and I just had a mini breakdown. My final for Environmental Policy is tomorrow, and I feel like I know nothing. 📚 We're supposed to propose a sustainable solution for California's water crisis, and everything I write...

I go to SF State and I live in the Sunset district. I don't have a car because (a) I can't afford one and (b) parking in this city is literally a nightmare. So I rely on Muni and BART to get around. 🚋 My current job is at a retail store in Union Square. The pay is okay ($18/hr) but the commute...

I used to think they were the same thing too, but after getting a paper back that said "too persuasive, not argumentative enough," I had to figure it out. Here's how I break it down now: Argumentative essays are about logic and evidence. You're essentially building a case, like a lawyer. Your...

I've taken hundreds of photos for my sociology project on urban loneliness. I have images of people alone in crowds, empty subway cars, someone eating by themselves in a crowded dining hall, a single shoe on a park bench. Individually, I think some of them are pretty strong. But when I put them...

I just had a major "aha!" moment, and I had to share it with people who would get it. I've been working on a compare and contrast essay for my psychology class about different study habits, and in doing the research, I accidentally diagnosed my own problem. For my entire freshman year, I was a...