by Seanna Leath | January 8, 2010
Class of 2009…Class of 2013…Class of 2015… After you say them enough, they all begin to roll off the tongue. While these years may mean little to you, for me, they represent graduation years—high school, undergrad, Master’s…the list could continue for quite a while. ...
by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13 | January 8, 2010
First off, I hope everyone had a great holiday. Now that it is time for school again, it means it is time for me to get back to work. Last semester I really didn’t know what to expect, so I treated it like it was still high school. That was a bad move and by the time...
by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14 | January 7, 2010
So maybe first semester was a bit hectic. With the new year having just begun, there are so many goals I have set for myself. It is seldom that people actually stick to their new year’s resolutions. That is why the list I’ve come up with is attainable and...
by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14 | January 1, 2010
You’re probably wondering why the title of my blog is “thriving” first semester rather than “surviving” first semester. Well, that’s because a dean at my college once told me, that college is not merely about doing what you have to...
by Duylam Nguyen-Ngo, The University of Virginia , '12 | December 25, 2009
This is post is going to be a McFlurry of things – just a heads up. I was recently talking to a friend of mine at Babson, Alex, and he told me he wanted to transfer to Stanford or USC [both in his home state]. But he said “Man, but I may just give up on...
by Seanna Leath | December 20, 2009
I wanted this piece to be especially powerful, since I can now say that my first semester of college is over. I’m half-a-semester closer to sophomore year, and 12.5{53c6eff5ce19621f7316832cfedf08caab022021f1679c62c3f44b8900ceaf72} of my college undergraduate...