I had a flashback today, back to last year: my sophomore year. It happened as I was looking at classes for next semester for pre-registration that's coming up for Whitman. My major is geology-environmental studies. Ever since my first semester freshman year, I loved...
Hey there readers! This week, I think it's important to stress the amount of time i is needed to plan things for YOURSELF throughout the year. Right now, it's about a month into the semester of my junior year. I'm taking two labs a week, a total of 8 hours plus time...
hello again readers! my narrative this time is about my new start to a life off-campus. I moved into a 5 person house, and rent is super cheap compared to most in town. i'm kicking off my junior year with a savings from over the summer, and it feeels great. I worked...
In these past few days, I found myself contemplating the last remaining years of my college career under the impression that I'll be an independent college student working her way through semesters in an apartment paid for with my own income. Then there was the pause...
Finances in college are terrifying--you're out of under your parents' wings, what do you do? There's so many things to do! Going out with friends, buying new clothes, binging on school attire from the college bookstore, along with all the other small trinkets that are...
This time around, college students are 90{53c6eff5ce19621f7316832cfedf08caab022021f1679c62c3f44b8900ceaf72} of the airport population! I'm sitting in the airport at this moment (Denver!) and looking around at the stuffed backingpacking routines and carry on luggage...
After a frustrating encounter at the student bookstore with book buybacks that happen at the end of each semester, I was advised to bring the books back at the end of spring semester to get more back on them. Books are selected by the college in terms of what's useful...
This Thanksgiving will be my second one away from home. Usually I'm in a second home, like my grandpas or an aunt's house, but I'm in Washington and staying in Washington. (I'm originally from Arizona) It's a stretch home. But that doesn't mean I can't spend it with...
Building relationships in your new college should be a super high priority. I attended fly-in programs the college offered and it helped me build connections with upperclassmen that did prove helpful later in Freshman year. I'd had some reluctance to really analyze...
Personal statements are meant to be personal…but it’s harder to seem authentic when you’re thinking is biased towards pleasing a top choice institution or maybe a second best. Personal statements are a way to advertise yourself, really. Maybe thinking of an ad you’ve...