by Hailey Hibbs, St. Edwards University, 2024
College is all about finding yourself and your passion in an almost endless pool of possibilities. A major aspect of that development is declaring a major. For a lot of people this can be difficult and take time, especially for first-gen students because we do not...
by Megan Cooke, Whitman College, '19
In these past few days, I found myself contemplating the last remaining years of my college career under the impression that I’ll be an independent college student working her way through semesters in an apartment paid for with my own income. Then there was the...
by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18
As people are making their choices about where they want to be over the next four years, one of the most important choices a student makes when in college is finding a job both in the sense of in school and after graduation. When I received my financial aid and saw...
by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17
Have you ever seen life as being this journey in which you educate yourself in order to educate or help others? If so, what a great start! When I was younger I remember wanting to be a lot of things. I wanted to be a pediatrician, a veterinarian, a writer, a singer, a...
by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17
I was crushing the interview, articulating my answers better than I had expected. I talked all about my hometown, my majors, my summer jobs and internships, my involvements in classes, and my future career aspirations. But then one seemingly simple question completely...