On Monday, May 21st 2018 I closed a chapter of my life that has for the past four years been a major part of my identity. I walked across the stage of one of the most prestigious universities in the United States where I received the diploma I sought for so long. This...
Now that graduation is less than a month away, I’ve often be thinking back on my college experience and have evaluated my actual experiences to the perceptions I had in high school of college. One of the areas I have been thinking about is the academic rigor...
I spent my Spring Break last month going back home to New York City and hanging out with my family. While some of my peers went on trips to Cancun or to Europe, I decided that it would be best for me to return home seeing how I’ll be spending a lot time working for...
It’s funny looking back on my college experience that I didn’t choose to study finance because as a first generation student you take a crash course in personal finance on a daily basis. When I thought about budgeting for college in high school, the only things I...
One of the most annoying things about being a senior in college or high school is having people constantly remind you that in a few months you’re leaving as if you had forgotten. Every underclassman and faculty member I meet ask about what the next phase of my life is...
Yesterday, I got something for Christmas that I wanted this past semester which is quality time with my father back in New York City. I didn’t have a long gift list this year as all I wanted were the experiences of spending time with my father watching football games....
During the Thanksgiving break I started to reflect on my academic career now that I’m in my senior year of college and personal journey to get where I am now. One of the challenges of being a low income first generation college student is that we’ve been used to...
One thing that was kind of good about being the first in my family to apply to college was that I didn’t have many fears when I started applying to colleges my senior year of high school. I knew that people from my high school usually received more than enough...
As a college senior, I think it’s funny to look back at my perceptions of college as a high school senior and match it to the reality I’ve been through the past few years. There wasn’t much dialogue in my household or middle school about college until I entered high...
For the first time since I started college I spent the majority of the summer at home in New York City working at an internship. I was able to intern at Discovery Communications in their advertising sales division where I was assigned to the flagship, Discovery...