Thinking Forward

I’m sure that at some point or another you have heard some one tell you to “get involved.” There is no better way to get exposed to the field of your interest than by joining groups or organizations that share your interest. One of the places you can...

Twitter Chat: Decoding Award Letters!

Join us for our monthly Twitter Office Hour! On Thursday, March 3rd at 7pm-8pm EST, we’re inviting first-generation college students, those who aspire to be, and everyone who cares about first-gens to meet us on Twitter to ask questions and share answers on important...

Top 10 Mistakes Students Make on the FAFSA

FAFSA isn’t the easiest process and we understand that. Here’s an awesome article by Nerd Wallet with a great list of mistakes you want to AVOID while completing your FAFSA! This article was originally published on Nerd Wallet on January 27, 2016. By Anna...

Networking: The Thing to Do

I am spending my last semester away from Emory, my home university, to take on the nation’s capital. I have been here in D.C. for about six weeks now and I can already say that I have learned so much. Being here has not been exactly what I had anticipated or expected,...

Hotcake House Blues

It was almost midnight, and I was starving. The weather seemed to encourage my appetite; I sat next to the window of Portland’s Hotcake House, which unsurprisingly offered a view of rain and darkness. The morose weather outside created such a stark contrast with the...