When You Can't Go Back

by Cynthia Cruz, Illinois Wesleyan University, '14

Getting in a relationship during college can be great. There’s the thrill of new love, friendship, chemistry, and fun. When you’ve found this great relationship the possibly that your school work will suffer is very real. We tend to want to go to the...

How to Do Well in College: 6 Tips from a First-Gen

by George Alvarez

This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I vividly remember my third exam in general chemistry; more exactly, I remember my exam grade: It was a 10—out of 76. The school that my high school guidance counselor told...

Excitement in the Unknown

by Maggie Acosta, Bowdoin College, '15

Hi all! Sorry I haven’t written in a while :/ This semester was crazy, I’m sure it was for everyone reading this, too! How are applications going and did anybody apply early decision? A couple of weeks ago I did a google chat with the Questbridge kids at my school...

College Visits

by Lauren A. Mayo, University of Georgia, '15

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF A CAMPUS VISIT. I did not take an official visit to my university and luckily I love it. However, this is rarely the case. I did not have my parents pushing me to visit colleges on spring break and never thought to myself. I...

Things are getting serious

by Michael Faikes, College of Charleston, '17

Hey everyone… I hope that your winter break is going swell! I know that I am really enjoying this time to relax and spend time with friends and family. It’s very surreal seeing so many of my friends still in high school getting their Early Acceptance letters to...