College

  Are you thinking of a potential move in with your significant other? Moving in with someone is a major step. So, how do you know if you’re ready to take that big leap? With Cuffing Season right around the corner, it’s important to make sure you’re ready for such a big commitment. Avoid getting caught up in a rough situation with…

Picture this: You tell your landlord day after day there are issues with your apartment’s plumbing system. For months, the problem goes unchecked. Towards the middle of the summer, it rains non-stop for two weeks straight. You have a part-time job and you are a full-time grad student. During the intense rainfall, you come home late one day to a…

We all know what it feels like to sleep on the floor, on a couch, or on the $100 brick for a bed you had in college. All of that sucks. All of it. It’s the holiday season. It’s time to upgrade your goals, relationships, and your life necessities. 1.) Trade in That Brick for a ‘Cloud Wrapped in a…

Whether you’re a grad student continuing your education, or a recent college graduate working in or around a university, living in a college town/city when you’re no longer an undergrad can be awkward. What now? Not still the young, undergraduate college kid, but also not quite the older, experienced working woman or man, it can be tricky to try to…

Most of us are aware of Philadelphia’s outpour of mental capital into the US society and economy at large. Philly sits right next to Boston when you account for how many undergrad and grad students walk the streets vs normal civilians (think: Penn, Drexel, Temple, Villanova, Thomas Jefferson, St. Joe’s, LaSalle, U Arts – and that’s just naming a few)….

Whose Your Landlord has the mission of making quality living the standard for all by giving renters ownership of their situation by putting housing in their hands. Here are some of the American Housing Stories based on renters’ experiences. Let this be a cautionary tale to you- make sure to look at reviews on Whose Your Landlord to ensure you…

Key ways: Find out what you like The reality is ‘we don’t know what we don’t know.’ This saying is uttered a lot and for good reason. Essentially, we all live off experiences, lessons, biases, preconceived notions, fears, and generalizations which create an image of this world that may not always be entirely true. The best teacher, of the aforementioned,…

We can’t be looked at as a uniform group We all have varying backgrounds and perceive the world a bit differently. While there are some overarching themes that prove to develop from this, it’s not safe to think one “targeted” message towards millennials will prove to be a catch all. We know what we like and we don’t know what…

What’s the one thing 20 somethings are most allergic to? Commitment. Although this sentiment is commonly used to reflect our feelings in regard to relationships with friends and couples, it often pertains to how we feel about our jobs, our cafes, and our living situations. For this reason, upon graduating from school, launching your own business out of high school,…