FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW!

by Jeremy Harris, Mizzou-University of Missouri, '15

Hey CSO Blog Family: Happy Holidays! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy New Year!  I hope this holiday season brought you peace, love and joy. I hope everyone got some amazing Christmas gifts! As a first year college student, this was a wonderful time of reflection for me.  Going...

Reality Changers and Sophomore Fall

by Jesse Sanchez, Harvard University , '14

It feels so good to be home! This past semester was definitely tough but when I get back home and visit Reality Changers where all the students work so hard to become first-generation college students, I know that it’s all worth it. After a challenging semester,...

Lessons learned from my first semester

by Sophia Horn

Home for winter break, I had lunch with CSO’s Executive Director Matt Rubinoff. He brought his FlipVideo and convinced me to do a video blog. It was fun, so I think I’ll do more video blogging this semester. In this video, I talk about the lessons I...

Flash Cards!

by Joseph Dingman

Big Surprise: Finals time was stressful.  Couple that with the other assignments that have been looming at the end of the syllabus and everyone can tell you the time is overwhelming.  For a while though I thought I had it beat.  Every semester I get better at...

And Here We Go Again.

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

The past few days have been a blur. The new year opened its doors and quickly, I found myself on a plane on my way to New Hampshire. After having a hard time leaving home, I was excited to be back at Dartmouth, seeing my friends and starting winter term. Seeing my...