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Popular Online College Application Service Clogged By Procrastinators

Online college applications are one of the greatest gifts to lazy, procrastinating high school seniors around the country. Of course, now everyone can literally wait till the last moment to apply for schools, and this year that is exactly what happened. Common Application, a site that handles applications for 350 different colleges and universities, was inundated with more than 171,000 apps ...

Canadian Academic Discovers Procrastination Equation

In the equation above, 'U' stands for utility, or the desire to complete a task. 'U' is equal to the product of 'E' (Expectation of success) and V (Value of completion), divided by the product of I (Immediacy of the task) and D (personal sensitivity to Delay). Eyes glossing over yet? What does that actually measure? According to Professor Piers Steel, 'U' is a measure of procrastination. In ...