by Catherine Ferro-Manzanares, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025 | May 30, 2023
Asking for a letter of recommendation can be intimidating, especially as a first-year. Most classes are larger, and there isn’t quite a strong faculty-to-student relationship, given that you’ve only known them for a semester, and for some, it takes time to come out of...
by Catherine Ferro-Manzanares, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025 | May 30, 2023
College applications will have you looking everywhere, and one of the most complex parts of it can be the financial aspect of it. Nearly three years ago, during my senior fall, I remembered going through the hoops of deciphering tax returns, emailing schools, and...
by Hailey Hibbs, St. Edwards University, 2024 | May 30, 2023
College is all about finding yourself and your passion in an almost endless pool of possibilities. A major aspect of that development is declaring a major. For a lot of people this can be difficult and take time, especially for first-gen students because we do not...
by Catherine Ferro-Manzanares, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025 | May 30, 2023
Many of my classes are humanities-based, and most of the time, the way we’re assessed by the end of the semester is through research papers. At WashU, we get introduced to research-style writing during our first year, through our required College Writing course....
by Braden Nguyen, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, '25 | May 22, 2023
Congratulations! You made it through this semester of college! I want to remind you that you are doing a great job in your academic journey. Whether your grades did or did not turn out the way you wished you persevered. We all can agree sometimes we can fall short in...
