by Raymond Velez, Virginia Commonwealth University, '22
While I had some idea of what I wanted to do after college, I didn’t have a concrete plan on how to make it to where I thought I wanted to be. As scary as that sounds, this is what made the college search process super exciting for me. The College Board website was a...
by Maggie Acosta, Bowdoin College, '15
Hi all! Sorry I haven’t written in a while :/ This semester was crazy, I’m sure it was for everyone reading this, too! How are applications going and did anybody apply early decision? A couple of weeks ago I did a google chat with the Questbridge kids at my school...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
Looking for a college is no small task. There is so much to look for and consider. I mean I thought I knew what I was looking for in a college and I felt pretty set about my choices. But then the adults started drilling me with questions: “What’s the teacher to...
by I'm First Administrator
On January 29, we partnered with Zinch.com to offer a webinar , “Being the First,” for aspiring first-generation college students and their supporters. Here are the need-to-knows: I’m First is the newest initiative of Center for Student Opportunity...
by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14
Instead of my college-searching experience being either scary or sweet, it was more like biting into an oddly shaped unwrapped sweet that your friend gave to you without any explanation, and finding it has a mellow sweetness to it but an odd texture. Sure, I was...
