by Seanna Leath | November 8, 2009
Personally…the college process was daunting to say the least. My dad never finished high school…my mom never made it to college. Throughout school, my main focus had been getting high grades…extracurricular activities…establishing good relationships with teachers...
by Duylam Nguyen-Ngo, The University of Virginia , '12 | November 6, 2009
I don’t like being a sore loser, so horrah for the Yankees. How about that Matsui? Hey guys, me again [I hope someone actually reads my blog haha] As the days roll by, I find that I’m becoming more and more enveloped with promoting this blog, and...
by Seanna Leath | November 4, 2009
Have you ever heard the saying―“Out of the frying pan, and into the fire…”? That’s pretty much my motto for the week, since I’m gearing up for mid-terms this Thursday and Friday―one in math and the other in Latin―while also maintaining my other...
by Duylam Nguyen-Ngo, The University of Virginia , '12 | November 1, 2009
I was told to make the title catchy. aren’t phonetic spellings eye catching?! haha I recently went to see the marketing director at Babson, Gene Begin, and we were discussing how I could push the blog and get it read. The conversation digressed slightly and we...
by Joseph Dingman | October 29, 2009
In the last month, I’ve begun to think seriously of what my role in academia is. Perhaps the most surprising conclusion that I have begun to arrive upon is that our roles are constructed. Undoubtedly it would appear that such a conclusion offends the very grain of...
by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13 | October 29, 2009
As I see the colors of the leaves change and hear the chit chat of the tours through the hallway I realize it is a critical time for high school seniors, so I have some advice for you. If you have heard it, good. You are more likely to remember it. And for everyone...