Benjamin Hoertnagl-Pereira

Frugal is the new Fancy

One of the most influential factors that goes into considering options for furthering your education is finances. Along with printer ink and cell phone contracts, a college education seems to have one of the heftiest price tags. Of course, the case of education is...

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The Grand Finale

I think it is safe to say that no one, regardless of social standing, ethnic background, or economic status, enjoys sitting at a desk for 3 hours straight, having to pull information from more than 10 weeks of lectures and hundreds upon hundreds of pages of a...

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HOME FREEE…..almost

Having reflecting on this past academic year—on its late nights, existential crises, and applications—one factor found itself atop the list of stress; the insistent, unyielding nagging of where I was applying, what my top choice school was, and what I wanted to study,...

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A Household Name in Admissions Committee

For the past few years you have molded your schedule to incorporate various extra-curricular activities, delegated hours upon hours to the studying of your course material so that your precious transcript is as flawless as possible, invested time to the betterment of...

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New Day- I'm First

Well, here we go—dorm cozy with the excessive, seemingly important stuff I could barely fit into my car, parents presumably sniffling on the way back home, faces of students that are unfamiliar; college has begun. For the past year, this very experience has consumed...

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