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    Researching Southern food culture when you're from California is AWKWARD

    I'm doing undergraduate research on Southern food traditions. Specifically, how family recipes change across generations. I'm from California. My family recipes involve avocados and fish tacos. This is hilarious to everyone here. When I interview people, they look at me like "what does this...
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    Things I wish someone told me before moving to Mississippi for college

    Moving from California to Mississippi was harder than I expected. Not the classes. The everything else. Here's what I wish I'd known. People are genuinely friendly. Suspiciously friendly at first. Strangers say hi on the street. Cashiers ask about your day and actually wait for an answer. I...
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    Coming from California to Ole Miss for exams was a CULTURE SHOCK. 🌴➡️🌲

    Okay so I moved from San Diego to Oxford for college. Yes, everyone asks why. No, I don't miss the beach as much as I thought I would. But exams? Nobody warned me about exams in the South. First, the honor code thing is real and terrifying. At my high school in California, teachers watched us...
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    Writing about my "gap decade" without sounding like a cautionary tale

    Applying to grad school. Need a personal statement. Have to explain the 8-year gap between dropping out and coming back. How do you make that sound good? 🤷‍♀️ "I spent my 20s working minimum wage jobs and figuring out what I didn't want." That's honest. That's also depressing. 😂 "I took time...
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    Research paper on something I actually care about for once. This changes everything

    Most of my classes so far have been requirements. Gen eds. Things I have to take but don't choose. I've written about economics (boring), history (fine), and literature (not my thing). This semester I finally get to choose my own research topic for a class. Sociology of inequality. I can pick...
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    Came back to college at 27 and I'm outworking everyone half my age. Age is an advantage

    Dropped out at 19. Bad choices, bad mental health, bad timing. Worked dead-end jobs for years. Hated it. Saved money. Applied again. Got in. Now I'm 27 and sitting in classes with 19-year-olds who have no idea what I've been through. And you know what? I'm KILLING it. Straight A's so far. My...

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