by Hailey Hibbs, St. Edwards University, 2024
Senior year has been so much fun and definitely the best year of my undergraduate experience. While it is the precursor to taking the next step in life and you are full of excitement, it is very hard to stay engaged and motivated. Since it is my senior year, I want to...
by Elizabeth Gallegos Rodriguez, Bates College, 2026
Coming into college I was unsure of what to expect in regards to time, part of me wholeheartedly thought that the only thing I would have time for in college was schoolwork. During pre-orientation (a first generation program at my college), I applied to two jobs on...
by Hailey Hibbs, St. Edwards University, 2024
For first-generation students, there can be a fallacy about professors in college. The classic misconceptions about professors can be that they are scary, unapproachable, tough, there to make your life harder, and just not that understanding. From my personal...
by Tiffany Zhu, Washington University in St. Louis, 2026
My phone pinged with an email message: Check your WashU Pathway. My heart fluttered and my anxiety kicked in. Admission decisions were out this early? What if I got rejected? Would everything that I worked so hard for in high school be a waste? I hurriedly...
by Hailey Hibbs, St. Edwards University, 2024
The world is filled with opportunities, and I never truly realized this more in my life than I do now as I am almost graduating. The first main thing you should do by your senior year is create your LinkedIn profile. This allows you to connect with people, and most...
by Hailey Hibbs, St. Edwards University, 2024
I applied to only a few schools my senior year of high school. I got into every school except for one, which was a school in Colorado that I was applying to just for fun. One of my dream schools accepted me, but unfortunately it was not realistically possible for me...
