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I'm from Northern California, and I never thought I'd end up in LA for school. It seemed too big, too superficial, too much traffic. But I visited Loyola Marymount University on a whim and fell in love. Now I'm a junior, and I want to talk about what it's actually like going to school in the...

I'm a sophomore at a community college in the Central Valley, and I'm starting to put together my transfer applications. I know I want to stay in California, but I'm torn between applying to UCs and CSUs. I know the basic differences (research vs. teaching, cost, etc.), but I want to hear from...

Yo that's amazing!! Linguistics conference in SF?? Big deal!! For nerves: practice in front of friends first. Not just alone. Get used to actual humans watching you. Also, have notes but don't read them. Just keywords to keep you on track. If you read, you'll sound robotic and get more nervous...

Okay Cler this is actually brilliant and I'm mad I didn't think of it. I've been struggling with German conjugations and my tutor is expensive af. Just tried asking ChatGPT to explain when to use accusative vs dative and it gave me examples and a quiz. For FREE?? Meanwhile my textbook is $200...

Isabella, this is such a good question and honestly most professors WANT you to have a voice. They're tired of reading 50 papers that all sound identical. Something that helped me: write your thesis statement in five different ways. Seriously. Just play with it. Make one version super formal...

Okay, I need someone to explain this to me like I'm five. My professor just handed out the prompt for our final paper, and it's called a "synthesis essay." I've written research papers before—you pick a topic, find sources, and make an argument. Isn't that what this is? What's the difference? I...