How To: Visiting Campus or Can't Get to Campus?

by Matt Rubinoff

This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College Visiting Campus No matter how many brochures you read or websites you visit, nothing tells you more about a college than visiting its campus in person. Plus, you can learn a lot more just by asking...

Standardized Tests: What’s in a Score?

by Matt Rubinoff

This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College Most four-year colleges and universities require students to submit standardized test scores. Primarily, these institutions want to see either SAT or ACT scores, while selective schools may require...

A Simple Inequality: Procrastination < Discipline

by Tyler Lattimore, Emory University , '15

Procrastination. It’s a word that we students are all too familiar with. We find every excuse not to do an assignment, study for a test, or any other task. Don’t get me wrong, I know that there are those times when we just have a lot on our plate; when the to-do list...

Treasure!

by Michael Faikes, College of Charleston, '17

Hey everyone! Can you smell summertime? I know I can! This past month has been a whirlwind, but a very enjoyable one… If that makes sense. I’d like to tell y’all about what’s been going on! If you don’t know, I am involved in Student Government. It has been a very big...

My Panama Trip

by Khalil Johnson, Pitzer College, '17

Here I am, almost finished with my first year of college as a first generation student and I am shocked with what I have accomplished. Last year I took a course called Power and Politics in America–a class full of seniors–and at the end of the course my...