College is hard at times. Being away from your family. Not having mom's pho or fried rice. Getting a fever even though you have a paper due soon. And then feeling like you had the ground pulled out from under you only to realize you just stepped on some black ice. But...
You can't do a lot of things without money. You can't go out to eat with your friends. You can't enjoy that green tea latte while relaxing at a local Starbucks. You can't buy your Chemistry textbooks (They cost A LOT). And you can't pay for the laundry because each...
Instead of having the usual presents under the Christmas tree, I had food. Lots and lots of food. No presents in colorfully wrapped boxes. Just food. And I was so very happy. You know the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? My version goes like this: "On the first...
It's hard to believe that the semester is already coming to an end. So much has happened. Meeting new people. Forming new friendships. Trying out new activities. Helping your friend find out how to form a quidditch club. Time has passed. The leaves have already...
Not really. Not for me anyway. I applied to so many schools that I felt quite overwhelmed by the whole process. Although the Common Application helps out the main essay, many schools require supplemental essays, which may be short or long depending on the...
One of the questions that college essays ask you is "Why do you want to come to our school?" "What is it about our school interests you?" Or the one that seemed most intimidating to me: "What do you want to do after college?" As I was going over those questions during...
So as part of the "college experience", my friends and I decide to go to a few of the parties on Saturday night. Yeah! The college experience! I walk in at 1 AM and so many people are drunk. I mean, they're just GONE. They're waving their hands randomly in the air and...
Okay, so I've already gotten to the college. All in one piece. It's been a good week of orientation. I met a lot of people. Half of which I won't remember their names, but I'll walk past them and still wave. And then whisper to a friend, "What's their name again?" But...