Who Can Vouch For You?

by Adiba Hussain, Barnard College, 2023 | October 6, 2021

Letters of recommendation for any application provide insight into how others perceive you and how you present yourself to the people around you. It is important that when choosing a recommender, it is someone who knows you well and can speak highly and honestly about...

A Sense of Belonging

by Eyzel Torres, University of Illinois Chicago, 2022 | October 1, 2021

Hello to everyone reading. My name is Eyzel Torres and I am a senior at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A little about myself; I grew up in a suburb of Chicago with parents who drilled the idea of higher education into my being. This value in education comes...

Being Back on Campus

by ADaja, Washington University in St. Louis, 2022 | September 30, 2021

College is not easy.  This is more a statement of fact than opinion. And spending the past year and a half–if you count that awkward moment when we were told to pack up our belongings and leave school to finish the semester at home–on Zoom University...

What I am Excited/Anxious About This Semester

by Raymond Velez | September 29, 2021

Hello everyone, I am glad to be blogging again for my last academic school year here at Virginia Commonwealth University. In less than a year I will be a college graduate, which is shocking to think about. People are not lying when they say college flies by. Out of...

Finding the Best Fit

by Joudenie Germain, Colgate University, 2024 | September 29, 2021

Selecting the colleges to apply to is never an easy task and always instills feelings of anxiety and doubt. The decision involves a careful evaluation of various ingredients: test scores, GPA, financial aid, majors and minors offered, etc. We are focused on the...