Megan Clendenon

About Megan Clendenon

Megan C. is obsessed with Cincinnati-style chili, Louisville basketball, and Scandinavian crime fiction. She has lived in six different states and held 12 different jobs since beginning her undergraduate degree at Carleton College in 2008. The wanderlust abated somewhat in recent years, as Megan settled in Texas from 2013 to 2016 to finish a master’s degree in geosciences, write a thesis on the future horrors that stem from climate change, and get married. During her free time, you will find Megan sitting on the couch, cheering for her Louisville Cardinals, planning future adventures abroad, and snuggling with her dog, Tiger. She currently lives outside of Washington D.C.

How to Pick Elective Classes — Choosing your class schedule can be one of the most exciting experiences of each semester. It can also be one of the most frustrating. Depending on the class, there may be a cap at 100 students, or there may be a cap at 12. And freshmen generally get last pick […]

Choosing Electives with Purpose

This entry was posted in Career on August 1, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Social Networking Platforms for the Creative Student — Everyone knows that Facebook is a place where you can post photos and status updates of your everyday life for your friends to see. Most people know that LinkedIn is the Facebook of the professional world, and if you’re lucky, it’ll help you get a job. But for students who […]

Social Networking Platforms for the Creative Student

This entry was posted in Career on July 31, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

How to Take Notes in College — Most freshmen wouldn’t dream of heading to college without a variety of technology: laptops, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and MP3 players, to name a few. Not only are students surrounded by their own electronics, but there is plenty of technology to be found on campus as well: The library is full […]

Ditch the Laptop. Seriously.

This entry was posted in Study Skills on July 29, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Preparing to Deal with a Chronic Illness at College — Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can be overwhelming in and of itself, without throwing college into the mix. There is the seemingly endless stream of doctor’s appointments to figure out what may be wrong in the first place and then even more to figure out what medication works best […]

Preparing to Leave for College with a Chronic Illness

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on July 25, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

How Is College Different from High School? — Once you exit the doors of your high school for the last time, you may not know what to expect from the future. Maybe you visited a couple of campuses during the fall when you were deciding where to apply, did an overnight stay with a current student, or even […]

What Makes College So Different from High School?

This entry was posted in Finishing High School on July 24, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Preparing for the GRE — The GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) is kind of like the SAT for graduate school. It is a standardized admissions test, and graduate schools and many business schools factor a student’s results into application consideration. Like the SAT, it consists of three sections: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and writing. The verbal […]

The GRE: It’s Like the SAT for Graduate School Admissions

This entry was posted in Admissions on July 17, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Getting Enough Sleep in College — There are definitely some days when the phrase “there’s not enough coffee in the world to wake me up” is accurate (although studies have shown that the waking-up effect of caffeine in coffee may be a figment of your imagination). Often, you’ll hear this phrase from new mothers and fathers who […]

The Sleep-College Relationship

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on July 11, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Everything You Need to Know about Date Rape Drugs — Date rape is rape committed by someone with whom the survivor had previously been on a date with, talked to at a party, or otherwise been seeing. It is a type of acquaintance rape that happens between two people, at least one of whom anticipates romantic contact in the future. […]

Everything You Need to Know about Date Rape Drugs

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on July 8, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

The History of TRIO Programs — TRIO Programs are federally funded programs that provide assistance to underprivileged or disadvantaged students (first-generation students, students from low-income families, and students with disabilities) starting in middle school and continuing through the completion of college and other postsecondary education. The TRIO Program didn’t get its name until the late 1960s, […]

The TRIO Programs

This entry was posted in Higher Ed Then and Now on July 5, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Summer Safety Tips — Beach getaways for spring break and summer vacation are a favorite tradition of many families and friend groups around the world. There’s nothing like having the sand between your toes, the sun on your face, and the smell of sunscreen and surf in the air. Beaches can be a dangerous […]

Summer Safety Tips for Beach Bums

This entry was posted in Recreation on July 3, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

The Truth about Caffeine — If you Google anything long enough, you’re going to find a way to link it to either cancer or death, especially if you don’t use discretion in which articles you choose to read. This is why you should avoid looking up a list of symptoms—it’s going to tell you that […]

The Truth about Caffeine

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on June 27, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

What Freshmen Should Know about Dating in College — College is a whole new ball game compared to high school. Living in the dorms, or away from home but near campus, means that for the first time, you are really out on your own. You don’t have to answer to your parents. You don’t have a curfew. You can […]

What Freshmen Should Know about Dating in College

This entry was posted in Love and Relationships on June 21, 2016 by Megan Clendenon