Hi Everyone, Fellow CSO blogger Long Dang and I got together this past weekend, to give you our version of a Williams College Campus Tour! Of course we honored CSO in our matching "I'm First" t-shirts. Many people asked us what these shirts meant during our tour, to...
On the 2nd day of Christmas, CSO gave to me…the chance to be all that I could be
Center for Student Opportunity has provided me with a gift that is irreplaceable, my education. Growing up in a home situation that was often tumultuous, I used my education as a means of coping. I always knew that education was the one thing nobody could ever take...
TIME FLIES…WHEN YOU'RE A COLLEGE STUDENT
Hi Everyone! Hope you're year is off to a great start! Check out my new video post (below)!
PREMEDS: Consider SMDEP!
This summer I participated in SMDEP (Summer Medical Dental Education Program) at Duke University School of Medicine. SMDEP is a free six week summer academic enrichment program for rising sophomore and junior college students who are interested in a career in medicine...
Nobody's Perfect: Set Your Own Personal Limits
As president of my college's Peer Health organization, we decided to center our final campaign of the year around the myth of effortless perfection and how while college students might seem like they have it all together all the time...WE REALLY DON'T. THERE IS NO...
The Struggle of Sophomore Year
My second year in college truly hit me about a month ago, when I realized that I had taken on way too many extracurricular activities, more science laboratory classes than I could handle, and that maybe a science major on a pre-med course track was not working out....
You are not alone
In the words of Opportunity Scholar blogger Lysa Vola, a sophomore at Williams College, the Opportunity Scholarships show students that “you are not alone.” Watch Lysa’s video blog as she reflects on how her Opportunity Scholarship made her college education a...
Be Unique…Be Daring…Go for that class you never thought you'd take..
Hi guys! I know its been a while since I last posted. Sophomore year is bit more hectic than I thought it would be...or maybe that's just because I am in Organic Chemistry and slowly drowning in all of my work for that class. But, on another note, I hope your year is...
A New Year…A New Beginning
Hi Guys! So I hope you are all excited for your first year! I am finally posting my first video blog after being inspired by Jesse to do so, but bear with me on the quality of the video! Click here to view my new video blog! I hope to post video blogs more regularly...
Eat, Sleep, Pack and Prepare
Wow! I can't believe that it's already July! This summer seems to be passing by even faster than freshman year. I remember last summer and the anticipation I felt while anxiously awaiting the last week of summer and the first week of college. This summer has been a...