by Lauren A. Mayo, University of Georgia, '15
This past summer I had two internships. One required 40 hours a week and the other required about 10-20. All I did was work over the summer. I learned a lot about which career route I wanted to pursue and which routes I do not want to pursue. However, I feel like I...
by Cynthia Cruz, Illinois Wesleyan University, '14
When I moved into my dorm at IWU it was chaos! Students, parents, and boxes were everywhere! My mom helped me move it. She made my bed, moped the floor, and wiped down everything– and I mean EVERYTHING! I could remember thinking “How am I supposed to live...
by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14
Freshman year, my parents flew with me over to Amherst. They rented a car and helped me move in and buy the necessities. As soon as they saw my room, the look of my mom’s face said it all; I was going to live in a matchbox. The room wasn’t only oddly L-shaped, it was...
by Nahomi Velasquez, Boston University, '15
As a new Resident Assistant, I have now been on both ends of the spectrum: the nervous, anxious and shy freshman moving into a scary new dorm; and the cheerful and peppy RA helping first year students move into their dorms. As a freshman I had many anxieties...
by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17
I don’t understand. How can everyone make friends by asking each other the most generic questions: “What’s your name, where are you from, and what do you want to major in?” All I hear are these same three questions and then silence. It’s so difficult to keep any other...
