College is near? Have no fear! ;]

by Alexis Montes, University of Rochester, '15

The best metaphor I can provide to you for the college application process is that of building a car…So where do you start? Before anything you need to establish your WHEELS: Grades & Standardized Tests. Your grades are a MAJOR factor on whether or not you are...

Static on the Line

by Seanna Leath

A few years ago, my friends and I talked excitedly about heading off to college in August—ready to meet new people and take great classes and be college students. We talked about the schools we’d chosen to attend and how amazing it would be to leave home and be out on...

Grades, Transcripts, and Letters of Rec! OH MY!!

by Cynthia Cruz, Illinois Wesleyan University, '14

The fall semester of 2011 was a busy semester; while everyone was debating between scary or sweet costumes, I was debating on whether or not I wanted to attend college. As September was winding down, the pressure to apply to college was hovering over my shoulders like...

Take a Breath and Push Through

by Long Dang, Williams College, '14

Getting into college is hard; at least that’s what I was thinking this time last year while going through the application process. When senior year rolled around I didn’t really have a clue where I wanted to go for college, or what I wanted to do when I got there. As...

I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

College is, in a few words, is a mixture of emotions, conflicts, successes, self-realizations, ever-increasing responsibility and many falls; these very same reasons are why I love college. As I have mentioned before, college is a continuous humbling experience,...