As people are making their choices about where they want to be over the next four years, one of the most important choices a student makes when in college is finding a job both in the sense of in school and after graduation. When I received my financial aid and saw...
The very first book freshman year of high school I was required to read was Sean Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens which overall was supposed to help me balance the social and academic side of high school. One of the main themes that stayed with me from...
One of the shows I used to watch when I was younger was Everybody Hates Chris which I liked for how relate-able Chris Rock’s story was coming from an African American household in Harlem and because of just how humorous I found the characters. Of the many characters,...
When I haven’t been watching college football games with my dad or shows on Netflix I’ve been thinking about the new year and what I want out of it. I accomplished a lot and have some fond memories from 2016, but looking back there was some things missing that...
Around this time of the year, a lot of high school seniors are probably working on finishing or still stressing about the college application process. I was one of those people who was in the boat of stressing about my writing supplements, standardized test, and how...
For the first time since I’ve left for college, I’ll be going home for Thanksgiving this year. The past two years I was working sporting events on campus before and after Thanksgiving to get money so I wouldn’t need to ask my dad for any money. This year there isn’t...
As an upperclassmen in college, it amazes me to think about the things I worried about going to college and the things I didn’t consider. Just last night one of my classmates from high school hit me up because his sister who’s a senior is interested in Boston College....
One of the buzzword phrases floating around any college campus besides “finding your passion”, “get involved”, and “free food” is “find a mentor”. The moment I arrived to Boston College I’ve heard about the power of mentoring and how it is one of the many keys to...
There’s a joke around Boston College that once you get on the campus you never want to leave “the Heights”. Just like Michael Corleone in the Godfather III, every time I’ve tried to leave I get pulled back in. I spent my third consecutive summer on campus not only...
Whenever someone asks about my schedule or what I do with my free time, the first thing that pops into my mind is to say that I have no free time but that there’s a method to the madness. My sophomore year has in many ways been my busiest year at Boston College, yet...