by Adriana Gonzalez | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
February, the month of love, is almost over. For me, love and college do not tend to flow with each other in the same sentence. Complicated is a more accurate description of my relationship status with my college, and that’s not to say that I haven’t...
by Adriana Gonzalez | Feb 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is my last semester of college. I do not know how I managed to survive almost four years. Last night, as I laid in bed snuggled next to my friends in an attempt to wind down after a long day, one half-jokingly muttered, “I don’t know why I’m...
by Adriana Gonzalez | Oct 11, 2017 | FirstGenerationStudent.com Blogs, Student Blogs
I am in October, almost halfway done with my first semester of senior year and I wish the clock would stop for two whole days for me to catch my breath. But the hands keep spinning and I keep reading and writing and wondering how I became an adult before I let myself...
by Adriana Gonzalez | Sep 7, 2017 | FirstGenerationStudent.com Blogs, Student Blogs
What is the point of senior year. My friend asked me that the other day. It’s the kind of question you ask out of misery, not the kind you want to someone to answer. The ritual of graduation is supposed to end this academic roller coaster (with the many dips, points...
by Adriana Gonzalez | May 11, 2017 | Student Blogs
More than halfway through my study abroad experience in Brazil and the lessons I have learned up until now are too plentiful to recount. I feel as though I arrived at the airport just last week, although the fact that I recognize street signs and know how to speak...
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