by Shaun Devlin | July 25, 2011
It’s hard to believe that in a month and a half I’ll be back in classes! I’ve been completely caught up in my summer job, working as a tour guide at the Washington and Lee Admissions Office. Three times a day, I meet with prospective parents and students and take them...
by Leah Jean-Louis, Swarthmore College, '14 | July 25, 2011
It’s almost August. In the blink of an eye, summer will be gone. I never thought summer would go by so fast. I think this is my first summer where the days felt like minutes (and, this makes me very anxious). Like everyone else, I really wanted to have a happy,...
by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13 | July 21, 2011
The decisions you make follow you and take you into paths that are full of other decisions. In the last few months of my freshman year at Dartmouth I made the decision that the best way that I could help people would be by studying something in the social sciences....
by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13 | July 20, 2011
This summer has been anything but exciting. Coming home later than I did last year has made it quite difficult in finding a job. While most kids would think this is an awesome way getting to spend their summer, I can assure you that it is not. One thing that I have...
by Jesse Sanchez, Harvard University , '14 | July 20, 2011
One of the best parts about being in another part of the world is the change of context. Even though you may be experiencing something familiar (for example, a college campus or museum like in the video below), it could be a totally different experience. The opening...
by Seanna Leath | July 18, 2011
Last summer, I found love and excitement amidst 90+ kids in a youth program that focused on high achieving first-generation, low income students who wanted and deserved to attend college after graduating high school. My heart’s still with the program, but this...
