Decisions, decisions, decisions.

I could totally be cliche and let the college applicant know that I was in his or her shoes just a year ago, looking for the place where I would spend the next four years of my life and really wondering if I would find the right place. And after looking at various...

Expectations Pt. 3

Expectations Pt. 3 As I sit in a now deserted library, my self-made calculus study guide being my only companion, feeling the pressure of midterms, my thoughts begin to wander. I think about the people having fun tonight, those who are going out and ignoring the fact...

Take 2

I just got done with my math midterm. Phew. This is the third one I’ve taken since I’ve arrived at Dartmouth but let me tell you, it doesn’t make it that much easier. In the last couple of weeks I’ve learned more about myself as a student than...

Expectations Pt. 2.

The line “The top gets higher the more that I climb” is one of my favorite strings of words and it is a reflection of the environment in which the college student finds himself or herself. As you enter college, everything changes. As I mentioned in the previous post,...

Halloween Madness

Happy Halloween!  Halloweenas Beunas! Joyeux Halloween! Frohes Halloween! Hey CSO Family! Now that I’ve covered the universal greeting of “Happy Halloween”, let’s talk. As you’re heading to higher learning, the last thing you want to hear...

College can be scary, too

One of the questions that college essays ask you is “Why do you want to come to our school?” “What is it about our school interests you?” Or the one that seemed most intimidating to me: “What do you want to do after college?” As I...