by Leah Jean-Louis, Swarthmore College, '14
So the waiting begins! Usually you don’t hear from colleges until April. The waiting game is the worst. You’re so close to graduating and all you want to do is be assured that you have a vision of where you are heading. If your guidance counselor was helpful you would...
by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13
Do you check your mailbox every day? Your e-mail inbox? The school’s website for your application status? Feel like everyone is getting accepted and you haven’t hear anything? Welcome to the waiting game. It sucks… good luck! Waiting for a decision...
by Lauren A. Mayo, University of Georgia, '15
This time two years ago, I found myself dreaming big and researching a variety of big names schools to apply to. Being a first generation college student, I wish I had advice and tips for applying to colleges. My first piece of advice I would give you is to dare to...
by Abigail Macias, Dartmouth College
In high school (and most high schools across the nation), the academic calendar is organized around the semester system, that is, two big blocks of instruction time that usually run sixteen weeks. Twelve years of this almost made me forget that winter existed; my...
by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13
I am so sorry about the late blog! I have been unbelievably busy thissemester, both for academic and non-academic reasons. I plan on submitting a video so you guys can see my campus. I just want to wait until it gets a little warmer. In the meantime, I wanted to talk...
