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How Should I Prepare for Life After College Graduation?

How can college seniors best prepare for the challenges that await them upon graduation? What are those challenges?



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by videodude
Jul 01 '04 Professionally Speaking
Prepare for a new life where the good times are gone, and adulthood is here.... read full review
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by Candice923
May 22 '04 College 101: The Evils of Credit Cards
Prepare for the "Real World" by being responsible with your Credit Cards.... read full review
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by radiojedi
Jun 04 '02 Post-college depression
Often times life right after graduation can cause depression. Here are some tips for coping.... read full review
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by radiojedi
Jun 04 '02 Plan your life away...
There are things you can to prepare for life after graduation, but you need to take many things into consideration. ... read full review
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by gradmentor
May 22 '02 Take a Deep Breath and Trust
You don't have to have all the answers on Day One and people usually don't. Your life will send you those answers on schedule.... read full review
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by amykhar
Mar 06 '02 You Can't Cram for Life
Your 4.0 GPA won't mean a thing if you don't learn how to work steadily to achieve your goals.... read full review
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by whitty
Jan 10 '02 Rent? Heating bills? OH MY GOD, I HAVE TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT MYSELF??
Start planning now so you will be better prepared when the time comes then I was!... read full review
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by seacow
Nov 12 '01 The next phase
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by Bryan_Carey
Sep 27 '01 Graduation Day: It Will Come Sooner Than You Think!
Start your post- graduate preparation several months in advance.... read full review
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by bluefishie
Sep 06 '01 That degree ain't worth #$%#@!?
Education goes far, but it's you who has to take that big step to truly utilize it.... read full review
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by gracef
Jul 17 '01 Shifts happen... a note to future IT professionals
What to do when you're in really deep shift... You can't avoid it, so try to make the best of it.... read full review
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by chiquita
Jul 11 '01 Choosing a Career: My Path from Artist to Biologist to Bureaucrat
Some smart questions to ask yourself as you choose a major and a career... read full review
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by andyroddickjr
Jul 03 '01 Wait, I don't think I am ready to grow up.....
Do what you want. ... read full review
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by arielle
May 17 '01 Life's Not Fair, Welcome to The Real World
Life isn't fair and doesn't owe you an income. You have to compete for jobs and a place in today's society. If at first you done succeed try, try again.... read full review
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by LRGuis
Apr 10 '01 Alumna Non Grata
You can tell a lot about a college and its values by how they value their alumni.... read full review
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by Andyman
Mar 21 '01 English Major Survival Guide
6 lessons on entering the job market with a threateningly un-lucrative degree under your belt... read full review
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by nlee31
Mar 21 '01 Live and Let Live
Expect the worst and hope for the best.... read full review
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by GOkinaka
Mar 17 '01 Credit Cards - A Necessary Evil.....
Be smart about the credit/department store cards that you get. You'll be thankful when it comes to buying a car or a home!... read full review
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by tenorqueen
Mar 17 '01 ...and don't ask me to make your coffee!
Learn all you can about office culture before you start work. Don't treat admin assistants as inferiors.... read full review
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by paramendra
Mar 16 '01 Post-Graduation Anxieties In The Late 20s
Take a deep breath, and think through things. ... read full review
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by JetersGirl
Feb 23 '01 The Real World??? Do I have to go if I don't have a plan?
The real world is a big place where there isn't a month vacation between semesters, although there isn't any homework. Yippee!... read full review
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by proeditor
Feb 23 '01 The Job from Hell or The Most Satisfying Thing on Earth?
Why waste time in an unsatisfying career? Pursue your dream, and work won't seem like work.... read full review
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by mistyblue069
Feb 23 '01 The Real World : not just a show on tv!
The real world is tuff, and sooner or later we all enter it.... read full review
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by Donnie013
Feb 23 '01 I SPEAK, I HEAR, I SIGN, I UNDERSTAND
In our wonderful "real world", there are many whose "real world" doesn't include the luxury of speech and sound. I thought this area a fitting place to voice my opinion.... read full review
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by SpellDreamer
Dec 28 '00 Difficult to understand
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by LoudrThanBombs
Dec 27 '00 Life after college: Don't let it happen to you
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by kboo
Dec 15 '00 Your first job: Surviving your first holiday party
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by jennymdean
Nov 20 '00 The Real World (Not the MTV Version)
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by jennymdean
Nov 20 '00 The Real World (Not the MTV version)
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by JuJuBugg
Nov 14 '00 When Your "Other" Significant Other Treats You Bad...
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by jrsiegrl
Oct 15 '00 job? you mean I have to get a real job now?
Look into grad school, find a job, and establish good credit ASAP...You'll thank me later.... read full review
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by mystii
Sep 30 '00 I wish I were back in school!
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by ABenoit877
Sep 19 '00 The REAL Real World
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by Sherry63
Sep 19 '00 The Real World? (another view)
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by Alkaiser
Sep 12 '00 The Real World, Vol 1.
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by count
Sep 12 '00 Don't Buy the Line... You don't have to get a job!
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by shan1
Sep 03 '00 News Flash: The real world is more then a TV show, kids...
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by NetDanzr
Aug 24 '00 Cooking in the Real World, part 1
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by smussyolay
Aug 20 '00 The first year 'on your own.
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by davelaura
Aug 15 '00 Life after College. Is there?
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by that-guy
Aug 10 '00 Summer of Sloth Write-Off: that-guy's work ethic
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by gogigantes
Aug 10 '00 Summer of Sloth Write-Off: An Officious Office Meeting Opinion
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by CrochetNYC
Jul 24 '00 Reality 101
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by conniemarie
Jul 18 '00 Study, Intern, and Develop a Resume
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by jenninca
Jul 16 '00 Teaching: Making the Leap From College to Classroom
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by levda
Jul 11 '00 Staying in financial check when you've just graduated from college
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by mbmattson
Jul 07 '00 If I can do it, anyone can!
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by lansky2000
Jul 07 '00 Brownnosing the Grindstone?
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by evansec
Jul 06 '00 What Liberal Arts Degrees Mean To Employers
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by elizajane925
Jul 04 '00 Picking yourself up once you've ruined your credit.
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by grouched
Jun 29 '00 My First Paycheck (and Reality Check)
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by longtoni
Jun 28 '00 Advice For Recent Grads
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by rittdogg
Jun 27 '00 ~Don't ever leave college!!~
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by zhouse
Jun 26 '00 The main driving force that propels me to get my diploma, so I can succeed in the REAL WORLD.
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by Fergy12
Jun 20 '00 It can be a real awakening!!!
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by TEDDID
Jun 05 '00 Hello World
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by juliad123
Jun 02 '00 Don't Rush Things....
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by epinionsuser
Jun 01 '00 Real World: What to expect and how to defeat it
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by RosaMay
May 29 '00 My mamma always said life was like a box of chocolates...
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by brad_cantrill
May 20 '00 Thank God I'm graduating today, now can someone give me a job?
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by adnetjm
May 20 '00 To be successful in America you have to live your dream!
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by chrissymat
May 19 '00 waaake uuuuuuppPPPP!!!!!
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by caconti
May 18 '00 The lost art of Thank You notes...
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by stereotomy
May 11 '00 The Floating Dock of Life
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by djthedj
May 08 '00 Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
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by paramendra
May 04 '00 Success Defined
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by paramendra
May 03 '00 Graduation Angsts
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by Lambira
Apr 26 '00 Embrace Your Upcoming Mid-Twenties Breakdown
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by snowtiger
Apr 26 '00 Real World
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by paramendra
Apr 26 '00 Questions to _____________
What next?... read full review
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by paramendra
Apr 24 '00 Skip the anxiety part
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by jmckin84
Apr 22 '00 wow wish i had done that
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by proeditor
Apr 18 '00 A curse for young professional women?
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by hwz1
Apr 11 '00 Whoa! You Mean I Have to Pay Bills and Go to Work? Seriously?
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by EGenius
Apr 09 '00 Alumni Directory
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by bethy
Apr 01 '00 Post-Graduate Joblessness
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by jwachs2412
Mar 21 '00 A Walk In The Park, Yeah Right!
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by spoalanm
Mar 17 '00 Schools Out...Time To Become Employed.
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by hwz1
Mar 15 '00 This Will Smack You Right Upside the Head in a Hurry
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by soli2dblue
Mar 15 '00 The REAL World-This Isn't College Anymore!
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by that-guy
Mar 13 '00 The importance of being grammar . . .
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by lawgirl
Mar 09 '00 The Real World: This is not an episode of Friends
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by polar_chu
Mar 02 '00 Things to Know About the "Real" World
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by riokun
Feb 29 '00 Still not sure what to do?
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by SmartGrl03
Feb 28 '00 Am I living in a pseudo "real world"?
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by meatbeagle
Feb 26 '00 Want an adventure? Teach English Abroad!
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by shannons
Feb 25 '00 Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking
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by kenpatm1
Feb 18 '00 Is College All It's Cracked Up To Be?
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by dbhoutx
Feb 12 '00 Enjoy College while Life is still Easy
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by dave_fietz
Feb 04 '00 The Learning Ain't Over
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by staceyg
Feb 02 '00 We're not talking the MTV show here
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by tallguy1077
Feb 01 '00 You've Graduated-Time to work, right? Maybe not
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by groove10
Jan 31 '00 Blah... The Real World Sucks!
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by charles
Jan 27 '00 How To Land Your Ultimate Dream Job: Attitude, Experience..and..
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by poseidon
Jan 27 '00 Ring! Ring! It's the Real World Calling!
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by healdkw
Jan 27 '00 School is Done...What Next?
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by Dmhicks75
Jan 27 '00 Instead of WOrk-Think Grad School!
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