Summer Time is Fun Time
Hola! My summer has been packed but also relaxing at the same time. Right after school ended in May, I went to Peru for three…
Freshman Year Tips
Hola! I am beyond excited to write my first post! (It's ironic, isn't it, since this is the “I’m First blog"). But, on a more…
A First Gen’s Guide to Studying Abroad
Okay, okay, I know I said in my last blog post that I wouldn’t post anything until the fall, but I couldn’t hint at my…
Springing into Success: How to Start Spring Semester Off Right
Hi everyone! I know this post is a bit late for the month, considering that the spring semester started for many of us in January/early…
Summer Planning Starts Now
Summer is the best time for any student because you get a break from school and time to yourself to do whatever it is you…
Scary OR Sweet
Coming into college, I had no idea what to expect. I did not know that being an Economics and Statistics concentrator will lead me to…
Bye Brandeis: You Will Hear from Me Someday
This is the last one. My dad said “Take a look at it one more time, you won’t come back.” It has been less than…
Finding Support Systems
I would not be standing in my last year of college, if I gave up on the first time I failed at something. I think…
Freedom is Free–the Rest is Scheduled
As a junior, my life just got real. It hit me once I hit the momentous third year just how much my present actions will…
Perception v.s. Reality on Attending College
Before I even got to college, I felt so limited in my options for higher education. As a DACA student I do not qualify for…
Financial Aid
Hey all, It feels as if it has been forever since I have been on here! First off I just want to start and say…
Failure May Come and that is Okay
And so comes the last week of being abroad. I do not know how many times have I thanked the universe for being here, but…
Lessons from a Student Studying Abroad
The second act of the spring semester of junior year has reached climaxes on more than one occasion. I keep saying it, but it is…
A Step Forward Into Adulthood: The Idea of Living in Off-Campus Housing
Expect the unexpected. Every year, around this time, we have something called “housing lottery,” which essentially allows us to have preference on the times we…
Finance Advice: Balling on a budget
It’s funny looking back on my college experience that I didn’t choose to study finance because as a first generation student you take a crash…
The Internal Changes While Being Away from Home
The wind is intense, it dries my skin, especially my fingers, they have been exposed to the cold simply being occupied carrying some of my…
A Break before the Storm
As the world crumbled below my feet, collapsing into itself and swallowing me whole, I grasped for fragments who I was. Name? Raquel, I think.…
What It Takes to Study Abroad
It has been an odd time the gap after one semester on campus and the following would be abroad. The in between is remaining at…