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The Waiting Game
As we all know, March is the month of either pure joy, or rejection. Write about how you dealt with the waiting for an answer, how you celebrated your acceptances, and how you coped with getting a rejection letter from your top choice school. Give any advice you may...
Last Spring Term Ever!
I'm currently on a very packed Dartmouth Coach, heading back to Hanover after a wonderful spring break for my last spring term ever! This means I only have about 3 months until graduation which is both nerve wracking and exciting! Over winter term, I was basically...
Senior Year!
I haven’t blogged in a bit because as the title suggests, I’m a senior! It’s been very hectic and crazy but also so fun and bittersweet. I wanted to share a few life updates about the following: summer, Fall & Winter terms. Over the summer I was the Summer...
Readjusting After Spring Break
As I am writing this blog to distract myself from the other 15 assignments due, I come to a realization that I have become a procrastinator. Yes. I admit it. College has made me a procrastinator. In high school, I was the student who always completed their homework...
Be Kind to Yourself
I think a balance between one’s academic and social life can feel like the most impossible thing to accomplish. I still struggle with that task daily, but the importance of self-care is a skill that is important for the entirety of one’s life, not just in college....
Using Spring Break as an Actual Break
I think we’ve all seen the stereotypical media depiction of Spring Break for college students in movies. It’s usually an absolute high and seven-day long party. However, I think one crucial component of Spring Break is often overlooked: rest. I truly believe one of...
Scary OR Sweet
Coming into college, I had no idea what to expect. I did not know that being an Economics and Statistics concentrator will lead me to have a great friendship with my friend. This major will help me have a friend to share the same accomplishments, moments of stress,...
FAFSA
I remember I had the FAFSA sign-up screen open and next to me was my high school counselor. She was helping me input all the information. I knew that college was a long process but coming from an immigrant family, the process was different than what others talked...
Break Time, Work Time
For spring break this year I will be headed to Memphis, Tennesse where I am going to be working with many different organizations that focus on community redevelopment, felon reentry programs, and the beautification of communal spaces! I am going with the Alternative...
Getting Aid with Finances
Getting into college is already a complex and sometimes confusing process for those of us who don’t know anyone personally that has done it before. It’s sometimes unfair that after that whole process comes the more confusing and overwhelming one of financial aid. I’m...