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Adam is a Political Science major and Sociology minor at the University of Vermont. He is a Co-Founder of The Campus Companion and an active contributor to all of its sites.

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Win A Free Professional Beer Pong Table From BJ’s Beer Pong [Giveaway]

Win A Free Professional Beer Pong Table From BJ’s Beer Pong [Giveaway]

| December 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Boom. Win a free, professional Beer Pong table courtesy of BJ’s Beer Pong. It’s cool. It’s awesome. You’ll be the envy of every college partygoer.  Do it.

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Riding the Bus: My Experience with a Volunteer Year

Riding the Bus: My Experience with a Volunteer Year

| November 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

After college, I was no more certain of what I wanted to do than most freshmen probably are. I wanted to write, and I wanted to help the world, but that didn’t get far in a cover letter. So I found a volunteer program, amped up my resume, filled out a long application with multiple essay questions, and was soon on my way to a monthly-stipend job with a nonprofit organization in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Going To Class Is Not Enough: 5 Things You Need To Be Doing To Make College Worth It

Going To Class Is Not Enough: 5 Things You Need To Be Doing To Make College Worth It

| November 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

College tuition is too damn high. Seriously. There are 168 hours in the week and you’re paying too much money to go to class for 10 hours and call it a day. Here are the 5 things, at a minimum that you should be doing to make your time spent in college actually worthwhile. And surprise, only two of ‘em actually have to do with classes.

Don’t worry, there will still be plenty of time to party, watch TV and be irresponsible.

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How To Successfully Pull An All-Nighter Studying And Ace The Exam The Next Day

How To Successfully Pull An All-Nighter Studying And Ace The Exam The Next Day

| November 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

It’s inevitable. At some point during your college career you are going to have to pull an all-nighter. Even if you don’t have to, you probably should. It’s practically a right of passage, and no college student should graduate without spending at least one night barricaded behind a mountain of books, muttering to themselves hypnotically as they coax themselves back from the brink of insanity.

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Interview With The Founders Of The Falcon Navigation App

Interview With The Founders Of The Falcon Navigation App

| November 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Last month, we featured The Falcon App, a program that allows for a more social form of navigation. And as you know, we like to hear from college-aged entrepreneurs that are doing awesome things, so we decided to sit down with the founders and hear a little bit more about their idea, and where it’s going.

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Thomas Frank Of College Info Geek on Personal Branding, How To Be Awesome At College, And Why You Need An Impossible List

Thomas Frank Of College Info Geek on Personal Branding, How To Be Awesome At College, And Why You Need An Impossible List

| October 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

“College Info Geek is hands-down the greatest. college blog. in the world. – according to me, my mom, and like six other people. To everyone else it’s a blog on being awesome at college (and hopefully a pretty good one). My main mission is helping students realize their potential and teaching them how to market themselves. I also write about a lot of other things that interest me.”
-Thomas Frank

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