by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
College is sort of like a roller coaster. A roller coaster with unexpected ups and downs. Let me tell you, my Sophomore year of college has been a transformative year so far. I’m pretty sure I have experienced the whole range of the spectrum. Phase 1: I got accepted...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
Returning back to the school grind after a very long break can be one of the most difficult things a college student has to face. I go to school a little under 3000 miles from home. Consequently, I get homesick. That’s to be expected, right? The first semester as a...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
A lot of people refer to college as the best time of their life because of all of the friends that they made and experiences they had. I do love college for those reasons but I mostly love college because of the confusion it causes. Society expects us young people to...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
Once the reading period starts, the atmosphere change is oh so tangible here on campus. First off, I should explain what reading period is. We get a couple of days in which we don’t have classes so that we can use that time to study. Theoretically we should be...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
When I started my sophomore year of college I was timidly, even hesitantly, committed to being premed. I kept feeling like I was not special enough, or intelligent enough to be able to make it into medical school. I was thinking of defeat before I’d even started...
