by Jorge Álvarez, Carnegie Mellon University , '23
Was I academically prepared for college? Yes and no. The focus of my high school instruction was breadth, not depth. Having this breadth prepared me for a liberal arts education, not the rigorous engineering major I pursued my first year at Carnegie Mellon University....
by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17
We are all too familiar with that blinking cursor in an empty word document. There is honestly not a worst sight in the world. The blinking is almost mocking you-a constant reminder that you are devoid of any intelligent or creative ideas. Ideas. So much of college is...
by Abigail Macias, Dartmouth College
After talking to Cara today, I had to take a moment and look back at the bio I first submitted to her almost two years ago, and I must say it definitely gave me a good laugh. I’m still attending Dartmouth College but I am nowhere near being a double major. I took...
by Nahomi Velasquez, Boston University, '15
No not apps, but Advanced Placement classes! If you get the chance to take an AP course in high school, take it, because it sure does pay off in college! For example, as an aspiring political science major I thought that out of all my high school AP courses only...
by Angelica Robinson, Dillard University , '12
It’s so hard to believe that this is my third fall semester at Dillard University. I’m a Junior Ya’ll. I can recall so many moments where i wanted to give up, countless nights of studying and writing ten page papers. I can actually say that I am...
