For everyone who doesn't get what "ratchet" is:

Where in the world did you get that definition from? Because we college-aged kids use "ratchet" in a playful, non-derogatory way. If someone told me that I (a black female) was being ratchet, I'd laugh not be offended.

"You gotta be kitten me!"

No, because a movie about an unlucky guy could only be about him finding luck and a movie about a really generous guy could only be about his generosity putting him in a bad place and then him learning to be more selfish. And each of movies has been done many times already.

It's a semantics thing. Yes someone can attempt to rape another person, but "attempted rape" is not something they can be charged because 1) the word rape isn't even used in federal law and 2) it's hard to prove that someone's intent was rape because unless they actually get their bodily fluids on you, there's no way…

This year (after financial aid) they payed $17,000 for him to go to the 3rd and $6,000 for my second year of college. And I go to one of the best universities in the U.S.

Yup! My parents are planning on moving next summer because they can no longer afford to send my brother to his $25,000 per year private elementary school, and they refuse to let him suffer through the hell that is public schools in our district. So we'll most likely be moving 45-1hr away from where we are now so that…

You realize this only applies to engineering, CS, law, or finance professions, right? Because everything in the arts and humanities is unpaid unless you are at a major company.

Rephrase: The most reputable colleges don't emphasize GPA for admissions anymore.

You're making incorrect assumptions about how GPA's are used in the admissions process. Colleges don't compare the GPA's of their applicants to one another. They compare the student's GPA to the average GPA at their high school to see how that student compares to their peers. Therefore, having weighted GPA's within a…

Why? It would be impossible this day in age to distinguish high ranking students on a number scale without accounting for the difficulty of their courses; everyone would just have a 4.0. My school had AP classes rated as 1.15, Honors as 1.1, A-level as 1.0, and B-level at .9 . That way you can easily look at a GPA and…

Huh? Most high schools use weighted GPA scales now that allow you to get up to a 5.0

Yes! This is what works for me. I'm currently an undergrad at an Ivy, and I suffered so hard with the jealousy problem during my freshman fall. But once I realized that the published research papers and genius IQ's that my peers had weren't at all what I wanted, I was better able to realize that for my field, I'm…

No, it's still antisocial personality disorder. The classification of all the cluster B personality disorders got revamped entirely, though.

Same! The only reason my hoarding of items isn't recognized is because I'm insanely organized. It's only when I'm moving back and forth between college and home during long breaks that anyone realizes the ridiculous amount of stuff I bring with me everywhere.

Yes, they do borrow shoes. However, their stylists know their shoe size and should ALWAYS have a back-up just in case the first choice doesn't work. If I was Moore's stylist right now, I'd be terrified (if I wasn't already fired).

Thanks! I was one of the people who pointed it out then, but since Doug at least mentioned "Of course, California has lots of people, so comparing percentages of anything with a state like Mississippi that contains just under three million people can definitely be misleading," I didn't feel like belaboring the point.…

I know people who've worked with her. Your hatred is justified. (Though honestly, don't even waste energy hating her. She's not worth it).

Madeleine wrote this article literally yesterday, which makes me wonder how you Jez authors are given assignments. Do you guys just right what you want without knowing what everyone else is writing? Or did you see what she wrote, think you had something to add, and then decide to write this? (I'm assuming not because…

Who the hell reads the logline "a spelling bee meets Wipe Out, where contestants take on hilarious distractions while spelling increasingly challenging words during each hourlong episode" and thinks "YES, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO WATCH THIS!"? If Killer Karaoke only lasted one season and Sing If You…