by Adriana Gonzalez, Pomona College | February 13, 2018
This is my last semester of college. I do not know how I managed to survive almost four years. Last night, as I laid in bed snuggled next to my friends in an attempt to wind down after a long day, one half-jokingly muttered, “I don’t know why I’m...
by Megan Cooke, Whitman College, '19 | February 1, 2018
Greetings fellow readers, I write you to today in full disgust and outrage at the price of books, shipping, rushed shipping, required books, and the thin white paper that textbooks are printed with. I mean, it’s pretty cheap, thin paper that is smooshed...
by Gina Bolanos, University of Rochester, '18 | December 19, 2017
College can consist of various situations, but often times it’s just another rollercoaster in your life with different speeds and bumps along the way. While college has it’s ups and downs, it also carries lots of love! In honor of Valentine’s Day, I...
by Samuel Hayes, Northern Arizona University , '17 | October 12, 2016
Mentors are very important because they help guide you along the right path. A mentor I have had during my time in college is my dad. He has definitely helped me through all of my ups and downs throughout college. College is crazy and a wild experience and it helps...
by Raquel Diaz, Reed College, '20 | September 15, 2016
I haven’t visited a Flame Broiler since last year, around this time when the emails seniors receive are groundbreaking seals of fate. (At least, that’s how they felt.) It was afterschool during the warm spring days of southern California, when I sat eating with what...
by digerati | March 9, 2016
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I grew up in a small town. To give you some perspective – it is unincorporated, an hour-and-a-half drive away from Walmart in any direction and does not even have a...
