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A New Chapter
As I am writing this blog post, I have just closed out my first month of school after being fully remote. I am officially a junior at Barnard College in New York City and it has been a rollercoaster of emotions. Heading back to campus was filled with excitement as I...
Who Can Vouch For You?
Letters of recommendation for any application provide insight into how others perceive you and how you present yourself to the people around you. It is important that when choosing a recommender, it is someone who knows you well and can speak highly and honestly about...
A Sense of Belonging
Hello to everyone reading. My name is Eyzel Torres and I am a senior at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A little about myself; I grew up in a suburb of Chicago with parents who drilled the idea of higher education into my being. This value in education comes...
Being Back on Campus
College is not easy. This is more a statement of fact than opinion. And spending the past year and a half--if you count that awkward moment when we were told to pack up our belongings and leave school to finish the semester at home--on Zoom University was one of...
What I am Excited/Anxious About This Semester
Hello everyone, I am glad to be blogging again for my last academic school year here at Virginia Commonwealth University. In less than a year I will be a college graduate, which is shocking to think about. People are not lying when they say college flies by. Out of...
Finding the Best Fit
Selecting the colleges to apply to is never an easy task and always instills feelings of anxiety and doubt. The decision involves a careful evaluation of various ingredients: test scores, GPA, financial aid, majors and minors offered, etc. We are focused on the...
New School Year, New Me
Lowell, I’m Home!
Home. Never did I ever think that I would attribute the word “home” to my university. For the past months, I have been doing virtual school at my actual home. But now, I am back doing in-person courses at my second home: the University of...
How many hours in a day are there again?
As I enter my junior year in the hopes to find some normalcy, I was immediately met with an overwhelming amount of information and new experiences. Living out of the dorms the first few weeks back has definitely been an adjustment for me but it's definitely becoming...
Next Four Years Here We Go?
Getting my first college acceptance letter doesn't exactly feel like it does in the movies anymore simply because you really get it in an email first. BUT, that doesn't take away from the special moments you get from opening up the thick package in the mail filled...