It's hard to imagine graduation the first year of college but it really swoops in. Now that I only have one semester left of my college career, all the questions are getting kicked up: what are you plans? have you locked down a job? will you move back home? It's like...
Where the times get tough
Hello readers, These past two months were a whirl wind like any other month at college.. but from Thanksgiving break to Winter, there was only a two week gap then finals! Honestly, it feels like November and December were mushed together into one long exhausting...
Class registration reflections from a senior
How happy am I to be a senior. Ya, that's not a question. The main reason is: class registration is a breeze compared to my early years! I just finished my last round of pre-registration before graduation. I got a good time, a solid layout, Whitman registrar's offer...
some insights of on-campus employment
Hey all, Recently, I gained a lot more on-campus federal work study jobs that, together, give me pretty good hours for a week. I am currently working 3 jobs: Whitman's theater house manager, Whitman's gym desk worker, and Whitman's recycling program recycler. Since...
New Year, Last Year!
Wow! I woke up this morning with the buzz of senior year in my ears. The last 3 years swished and tumbled by. This past summer, I had time to reflect on a couple nagging worries that snagged my excitement for this year. The first worry was about my schedule after...
A rare insight into an often unspoken of subject: College Housing After Dorms
If there were a magazine dedicated to the issues and drama of college housing off campus after dorm-life, the cover would be gross porch couches of college student-rented housing. Overtime, dorm-life became the norm then, suddenly, JUNIOR YEAR!, and you have to find a...
April/May Whirlwind!
The end comes so much faster than you think! These last two months wrapped up not exactly neatly, or organized, or as expected. It all started early April, when professors were giving out the final syllabus for the next couple of weeks as well as beginning to rack up...
Thrive!
Howdy, Bloggers What's the next big thing I can describe to you in my second semester of my junior year? I really struggle at thinking about what to talk about when it has all gotten so complex in feelings of total achievement and total devastation while at college....
Textbook$$$
Greetings fellow readers, I write you to today in full disgust and outrage at the price of books, shipping, rushed shipping, required books, and the thin white paper that textbooks are printed with. I mean, it's pretty cheap, thin paper that is smooshed together..why...
Happy New Year!
I've thought long and hard about what this New Year could bring advice wise. I'll be starting my second semester of my junior year.. so it isn't like there is a new start to the year, more like a return. Along the lines of resolutions, there is always the typical...