by Ysabel Cueva, Stonehill College , '17
“I’m GenOne” When I was in high school I received a lot of support with the college process from my educators. Most of my educators understood the challenges that came with being the first in my family to attend college. Most of my classmates were also first...
by Danica Drezner, Boston University , '17
Miami, Cancun, LA, and Puerto Rico are just a couple of the many places most of my friends went to this past spring break. My spring break, on the other hand, was a little less traditional. This year, for the first time, Boston University hosted a study abroad trip to...
by Tyler Lattimore, Emory University , '15
I had the opportunity to start off the Spring Break of my junior year at the University of Miami where the Clinton Global Initiative University conference was hosted! I met so many amazing first-generation students from around the country who were showing off their...
by Samuel Hayes, Northern Arizona University , '17
There are not a lot of breaks from school during the second semester. First semester was full of breaks and fun holidays, but the big break during second semester is spring break. Everyone looks forward to it, I know I did. The week before spring break is pretty...
by Gina Bolanos, University of Rochester, '18
It’s that time of the year again, and whether we like it or not, we have to try to survive this ‘Midterm Madness’. As a first year student, I have found to find college midterms very different than any I took in high school. In my point of view, I...
by Maggie Acosta, Bowdoin College, '15
So I took my first round of junior- year midterms a couple of weeks ago (granted, there are only two so I don’t know why I wrote that sentence as if there were many more rounds of junior-year midterms to come.. Hahaa). But reflecting on that, I am realizing how...
