by Nahomi Velasquez, Boston University, '15
Recommend Me! Recommend me! Whether it’s college or job applications, letters of recommendation are somehow always hard to come by. But it’s important to keep in mind that there are plenty of people on whom you have made an impression, either knowingly or...
by Adriana Gonzalez, Pomona College
When you begin your college journey, you will be tempted to partake in everything and anything happening on campus. Unfortunately, you are only granted 24 hours in a day. You simply can’t fit each activity that you find interesting into your schedule, especially...
by Luis Espino, Pitzer College, '17
In the midst of an intense Calc II assignment, I hear the words “soulless” and “math” brought up in a conversation in the dorm. My friend, who is a humanities major, is talking about what drove him away from the STEM (Science, Technology,...
by Carlton Hassell, George Mason University , '16
Hey I’m First students! This is Carlton and today I want to talk to you all about habits and their connections to impressions. When we all think of the most important impression, the first impression. We also automatically assume first impressions only matter in the...
by Lauren A. Mayo, University of Georgia, '15
College is the first time many first-years have absolute freedom. Not only are freshmen free from their parent’s curfews and mandated household chores, they are free to eat whatever they want, whenever they want. This newfound freedom from the dinner table often...
by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18
As many of you are preparing to apply to colleges, you are revising your personal statement. Unlike your transcript, resume, and recommendations, your personal statement is the only opportunity you get to tell your story to colleges and explain why you deserve to be...
