by Duylam Nguyen-Ngo, The University of Virginia , '12 | October 8, 2009
I tried to think of what to say to the readers of this blog at first I was going to be specific and target the seniors, but after a draft I figured my message can be applied to everyone. I remember October senior year, and now it’s a year later and I’m in college...
by DaLonn Pearson | October 8, 2009
Fresh air, a new environment, and the future awaited me. I arrived at school several days before classes actually started. The adjustment wasn’t too hard. Everything was just how I imagined. The people were friendly, full of activities, and most of all I fit in. This...
by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13 | October 7, 2009
All the packing and shopping had paid off; it was move-in day. I was officially a college student! I had everything packed strategically in the car. My brother asked, “Is this all going to fit?” I replied with a shrug of my shoulders. Being the first in my family to...
by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14 | October 7, 2009
“Welcome to the next best four years of your life: College.” I drove 21 hours to finally arrive at the “purple bubble,” one of the smallest, yet best liberal arts colleges in the nation. As I approached my dorm, Williams Hall, my mind was flooded with the reality at...
by Jesse Sanchez, Harvard University , '14 | October 6, 2009
My mom wasn’t able to finish grade school because she had to help out in the fields of her small rancho in Mexico. She came to America to give her family hope for something better and after everything we have been through together, I just hope to make her proud...
by Joseph Dingman | October 6, 2009
A kid up the hall in my dorm left last week, for good it turns out. His parents came to take his belongings back home, and they didn’t seem happy about it. College is not High School. For me, high school was merely a carry-over of the meritocracy I was accustomed to...
