Summer's wrapping up and on comes the STRESS. What I've learned from this summer is a very important lesson, that I feel was more-or-less common sense, is to put special towards financial aid and scholarship deadlines and any outside funding you're planning (or...
"Did you get in?" .. "Oh, I'm sorry." .. "What's your second choice?" Throughout the whole college app process I tried not to have play favorites. From the beginning I noticed I was thinking a bit differently than most of my classmates. I approached finding a college...
It's no surprise that among the brightly colored, well-illustrated brochures colleges hand out, diversity is one of the statistics that is a hit and run. Meaning, either the college will take pride in their stats and display the percent proudly or it's a passing...
Hello fellow young-ins! I just returned to school, as in, i got back into my room roughly 20 minutes ago. I've parked my bags in the spot where they'll most likely spend the next 2 weeks in as I live out of them and procrastinate on unpacking. Looking ahead into this...
Wow. Time has passed so quickly. I remember clear as day my anxiety in beginning to write the personal statement needed for the Common App. I remember I couldn't relate to any of the prompts so I chose the "freewrite" option. But going into the college process in...
A tinge of irony in beginning this post. Originally, I was determined to submit the draft for this post in last Friday... then the weekend shenanigans came of the college scene. Before Friday, I was up to my neck in different tasks to do. Meetings, deadlines for...
For those of you who played around with your calculator during math class, you'll know the secret word! (hint: it says.......... HELLO! ^_^ for those of your reading this, it'll be obvious that i'm a rookie at blogging. I've always wanted to try it, but never had the...