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How Extra Credit Saved My Life

In high school doing extra credit was something that you didn’t have to do, but was kind of forced to do anyway. Some classes would give you these extra assignments for something as simple as staying after school and help clean or show up to a school event. I rarely did extra credit in high school because my grades were already high enough, but in college extra credit is COMPLETELY different. The first few weeks of my freshmen year some of my professors said there will be extra credit towards the end of the semester, and others gave out extra credit opportunities as soon as we walked in on the first day. In a way, I just wanted to get the assignments out of the way, but then again I was thinking to myself, “What if I make a bad grade and don’t have any extra credit opportunities left?”   Luckily, I followed

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10 Signs You Shouldn’t Study In Public Places

When it comes to studying everyone has their own study habits. You may find your friends asking if you want to study at the library or the computer lab, but for some people the best option is to study in private. Whether you need to study alone so that you can concentrate or just because you’d distract other people, here are 10 signs that you’re probably one of those people. 10. You’re the first to volunteer to do anything other than study. If you study with friends and all of you get hungry, you’re probably the one to immediately offer to go get snacks for everyone. Or if someone needs supplies that none of you have you offer to go get it for them. You’d basically do anything to get away from studying and this is the perfect excuse for you to get up and waste time. 9. You get sleepy while studying. If

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10 Struggles of Having a Messy Dorm

When you’re in college you’re more worried about class, homework, work, and your social life than you are about keeping your room clean. So, naturally, when keeping your room clean is at the bottom of your list of priorities it can get pretty messy. One thing leads to another and you keep saying you’re going to clean it later, but next thing you know your room looks like a tornado hit it and you don’t know where to begin. If this is a situation you can relate to, then this one’s dedicated to you! 10. When you try to look for one thing and it just makes a bigger mess. You know exactly where everything is in your room (it’s an organized mess, okay?), but when you try to move things around to get to that one thing you need it just ends up making a bigger mess. Now you basically hate

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How We Survived Finals at Mizzou

10. Starbucks. Luckily we have two of them within walking distance and we can charge it to our student charge for our parents to pay later! 9. Ellis Library. Open until midnight and full of quiet places to study. Also full of books but nobody really uses those. 8. Student Success Center. The best tutors our $30,000 tuition can buy and they help A LOT with finals studying! 7. Yik Yak. To ease the tension and show us that we’re not alone in our struggles. 6. Student Health Center. For prescribing us meds for our mental breakdowns and stress induced ailments.

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Janet Jackson Gifs Explain Your Feelings After Finals Week

Janet Jackson is Ms. In Control. She’s the queen of the Rhythm nation. And she will perfectly describe your feels after finals week in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… 10. Feeling doubt about exam results, but still trying to be excited. You’re trying to do your happy dance, but you keep thinking of what you got wrong. 9. The moment you realize that there’s nothing you can do about it, so you think “whatever.” There will also be a moment when you realize that you’re actually FREE and choose to simply not care anymore. 8. Racing to your dorm as soon as you’re done. Once you’ve taken that last exam, you’ll trip over your own feet trying to get out of there. 7. Expressing excitement to your friends. You’ll be so beside yourself with excitement that you’ll call somebody, anybody! 6. Trying to figure out what to eat first. After