The Her Campus Guide to College Life: How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years of Your Life is the ultimate guide to everything college/university related imaginable. The book offers advice about a plethora of topics ranging from dealing with your roommate to staying safe on campus. If you have any questions about college life, you’ll most likely find the answers in this guide.
Despite the advice articles and lists, the style is never even close to boring: it is as if the book is narrated by the big sister you never had. The introduction addresses the reader by defining its target audience: the collegiette.
“Collegiette is a term we like to use for a college woman who is on top of her game – strategically career-minded, distinctly fashionable, socially connected, academically driven, and smartly health-conscious […]”
Wouldn’t we all like to think we fit the bill. With its target audience in mind, the book is divided into sections that cover all manner of topics. Nothing is left out or dismissed. If you ever wished for a condensed version of the Her Campus online magazine, here it is – packed between the covers of this guide.
The Her Campus Guide to College Life is great for both new freshmen as well as students who have already studied in college for some time. The sections about finding internships and maintaining healthy relationships apply even to recent graduates! The book is, in fact, also applicable in various countries and school systems: not everything is the same (we are lacking in the Greek life and dorms), but most of the chapters are useful for all students, in all countries (for example, the safety tips and advice about food).
The masterminds behind Her Campus – Annie Chandler Wang, Windsor Hanger Western, and Stephanie Kaplan Lewis – have cooked up the perfect addition to their online magazine: this guide is great for anyone who is entering college life in the near future or even older students.
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