by Raymond Velez, Virginia Commonwealth University, '22
Letters of recommendation can be one of the easiest or most difficult parts about filling out your college applications. This is one topic that I remember my school counselor putting a high amount of stress on while I was in high school. There are many factors to...
by Jessica Hernandez, Dartmouth College , '22
First and foremost, I want to introduce myself as this is my very first post! 🙂 Hi everyone! My name is Jessica Hernandez, I’m a first-generation Latina from Lynn, MA. I attend Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and I’m currently a third-year student taking classes...
by Atzallali Saucedo-Ruiz, Skidmore College , '21
I remember being very terrified of not fitting in at college. I was specially worried that I wouldn’t find friends, that I would get lost finding my classes, that nobody would want to stay in and play board games etc. During my freshman year, as a...
by Brianna Gavin, University of Dayton, '21
The best advice I have been given in the past few months was that “my next step is not my final step”. Searching for schools has been a feat that I never expected to be this difficult. Finding myself in the same position four years later is absolutely...
by Raymond Velez, Virginia Commonwealth University, '22
Before I came to college, I knew that I was going to have to eventually get a job. While I was in high school, I had a job during my junior and senior year. I liked making money and working, but an immediate effect was that my grades suffered a little bit. I saw this...
