by Omwatie Beharry, Wellesley College , '17
The start of the fall semester is always hectic. You might be adjusting to new dorms and living spaces, or taking a class in a building you’ve never even heard of before and having to re-orient yourself around campus. First-year students are dealing with an...
by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18
Even though I just entered my first semester at Boston College, I spent mostly all of my summer on campus. I got into Boston College under a conditional award through a six week summer program called Options Through Education, or OTE for short. I spent my summer...
by Danica Drezner, Boston University , '17
Today is September 6th, 2014 and I have officially been living on the Boston University campus for a full week. For those of you who don’t know, I am a transfer student here at BU who started off at a community college in Southern California. As you can imagine, my...
by Gina Bolanos, University of Rochester, '18
First week of classes are done and one of my many missions is complete! I can’t believe that just a few days ago, I went from a graduated high school student to becoming a full-time college student. Just two weeks ago my journey began with orientation week....
by Joseph Lynn, University of Georgia, '15
If you clicked on this post, and you are reading it now, I can safely assume that you probably feel that you are different in some way. Obviously, everybody is “unique,” but the truth is, some people are more unique than others. The kid that got bullied in...
by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17
In a crowd of complete strangers, our eyes lock and we give each other the guiltiest of looks. “Shh..I won’t tell if you don’t.” We wink at one another and carry on our secret identities as second years infiltrating yet another first year event. During the first week...
