haha what do the red stars and filled-in yellow circles mean?

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<p>I have been wondering for awhile lol.</p>

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<p>Star -> That means you've posted in the thread
Yellow -> New topic (it should also be bold and have a "go to first new post"</p>

<p>I think this post will be better suited here too:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>