<nav class="nav">
	
  <div class="nav__outer-wrap">
	  
    <div class="nav__heading">
      <a class="nav__link bold" href="#">GC Admissions</a>
    </div>
	  
    <ul class="nav__inner-wrap">
      <li class="nav__item">
        <a class="nav__link" href="#">Apply</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav__item">
        <a class="nav__link" href="#">Visit Campus</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav__item">
        <a class="nav__link" href="#">Deposit</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav__item">
        <a class="nav__link" href="#">Financial Aid</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav__item">
        <a class="nav__link" href="#">Meet Your Counselor</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav__item">
        <a class="nav__link" href="#">Contact Us</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
	  
  </div>
	
</nav>
@use postcss-nested;
@use postcss-simple-vars;

$purple: #8b75a6;
$gray-100: #f5f5f5;
$gray-300: #e0e0e0;
$gray-850: #323232;

$nav-height: 2.5em;
$page-max-width: 1260px;

/* reset */
html {
	-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
	-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
	box-sizing: border-box;
}
*, :after, :before {
	box-sizing: inherit;
}
body {
	font: 16px/1.5 Source Sans Pro, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: $gray-850;
}
body, ul {
	margin: 0;
}
ul {
	padding: 0;
}
li {
	display: block;
}
a {
	color: inherit;
	text-decoration: none;
}

/* utility */
.bold {
	font-weight: 600;
}

/* nav component */
.nav {
	width: 100%;
	line-height: $nav-height;
	background-color: $gray-100;
	border-bottom: 1px solid $gray-300;
	overflow: hidden;

	/* hide horizontal scrollbar */
	-ms-overflow-style: none; 
	::-webkit-scrollbar { 
		width: 0; 
	}
	
	/* 
		height maintained by placeholder. 
		this makes it easy to eventually make this menu fixed (if we want to do that)
	*/
	position: absolute;
	z-index: 1;
}
.nav, .nav__placeholder {
	height: $nav-height;
}

.nav__outer-wrap {
	display: flex;
	justify-content: space-between;
	height: 65em;
	width: $page-max-width;
	max-width: 100%;
	margin: 0 auto;
}
.nav__heading {
	display: inline-block;
	flex-shrink: 0;
	flex-grow: 1;
	height: $nav-height;
	margin-right: -10em;

	z-index: 2 /* so leftmost nav__item's don't cover it on scroll */
}
.nav__inner-wrap {
	white-space: nowrap;
	height: 65em;
	display: flex;
}
.nav__item {
	height: $nav-height;
	flex-shrink: 0;
}
.nav__item:first-child {
	margin-left: 10em;
}
.nav__link{
	display: block;
	padding: 0 .625em;
	vertical-align: top;
	&:hover, &:focus {
		background-color: $purple;
		color: white;
		border-bottom-color: $purple;
	}
}
@media only screen and (max-width:479px) {
	.nav__outer-wrap {
		overflow-x: auto;
		overflow-y: hidden;
		-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
	}
}
@media only screen and (min-width:480px) {
	.nav__inner-wrap {
		overflow-x: auto;
		overflow-y: hidden;
		-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
	}
	.nav__heading {
		background-color: $gray-300;
	}
}
@media screen and (min-width:1024px) {
	.nav__outer-wrap {
		position: relative;
		padding-right: 0;
	}
	.nav__heading {
		background-color: transparent;
	}
	.nav__link {
		padding: 0 1em;
	}
}
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