Don’t Forget to Enjoy School Sometimes

Although my first year wasn’t as smooth sailing as I would have hoped, I find that I’ve made a lot of memories and met a lot of people that I will never forget. It also doesn’t hurt that I’m able look back on the past 8-9 months without the...

How to Make the Most of Your Summer Break!

One of the perks of college is getting out of school for the summer earlier than when you were in high school. And since beginning college in the summer of 2017, this is my first summer with no classes! I am ecstatic simply because I have so many plans to make this...

Bye Brandeis: You Will Hear from Me Someday

This is the last one. My dad said “Take a look at it one more time, you won’t come back.” It has been less than a week, but I am still shocked at the thought that I’m just not coming back to Brandeis. I have to remind myself that I am done. It has been a long journey...

To Juniata College Dear

The college decision process is hard. The college decision process for a first year generation student; even harder. When I was a senior in high school, deciding what college to go to was one of the most difficult decisions I had to make up to that point. No one in my...

Senioritis Lingers

As the semester draws to a close, I am very proud that despite how slow going it has felt, I’m almost done. A change in major has caused me to be a second year junior which was disappointing initially, but I feel a lot better doing something more closely related...

How I Chose My School

In honor of decision day very quickly approaching, I would like to share with you all my journey and how I decided where I wanted to go to school. When in high school, it was understood between me and my parents that I would go to the state school and live at home. It...