Imagine not knowing how to say you’re tired. It wouldn’t make sense, right? And yet there’s an emotion that most of us experience all the time..that we awkwardly don’t name. If you don’t know the word “schadenfreude,” you’re not alone. In fact, its history is full of people who didn’t want to bring it into the English language.  SCHADENFREUDE IS WHEN YOU’RE INTERESTED IN, OR HAPPY ABOUT, THE MISFORTUNE OF OTHERS. In more practical terms, it’s when you laugh at a video of some

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I’ve been scouring the latest college admissions research lately (so you don’t have to!), and holy moly, did I find a gem. Buried...

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