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Lovin’ it
College can consist of various situations, but often times it's just another rollercoaster in your life with different speeds and bumps along the way. While college has it's ups and downs, it also carries lots of love! In honor of Valentine's Day, I have taken a time...
Change: There’s a Lot of It During Your College Experience
Another semester has come and gone. I have finalized my fifth semester and I will not be physically on campus until August 2018. This has been another difficult, but also rewarding semester—one in which I keep learning about myself, where I push my limits, one in...
Making the Impossible Possible
Imagine you are finally admitted to the school of your choice. Finally all the hours you spent preparing for the SAT/ ACT, writing essays, filling out college applications, studying to earn decent grades. Finally all that time has paid off because you got admitted to...
Thanks to you
It’s been almost four years. Wow has time passed! In just five months, I’ll be walking the stage with my diploma and I still can’t believe it. Yet, this academic and personal journey wasn’t easy. To put it into perspective, I traveled 1,400 miles away from home to...
Thanking our support circles
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...
Happy Holidays!
The end of the semester is FINALLY here! I am so excited. The only down side is that this is typically about the time of the year I also get sick so I am dealing with that. Luckily though, my final tests aren't too bad this semester so I'm just knocking them out as...
Ace the Interview: Preparation Advice
Get your resumes ready - recruiting season is in full swing. Whether you’re an underclassmen looking for that first internship, or graduating senior hoping to land a full time job, preparing for applications and interviews can be a struggle. So, what is the best way...
An Application Can Be a Headache: Plan, Take Action, Be Proactive
The semester has been able to turn on a more positive outlook. I feel every semester that you are going to have of college, a part of you always matures. Think of yourself being a plant or a tree that only grows and grows—your branches, leaves, roots, so much rooting...
I am here, both frightened and empowered.
“I am both frightened and empowered (as the few students of color on campus)” N.G.*, a first year student, shared to the prospective students in the room. And I thought to myself, wow, that is also me. At this predominantly white institution, I am frighten as a...
College Fears (Halloween Edition)
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...