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...
by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14
Now that I’m a junior, I can tell you this: whoever told you that upper-level classes get easier…is partially correct. If you’re truly interested in your subject, then you’re probably one of those that will find themselves eager to go to class. If you’re ANYTHING like...
by Alexis Montes, University of Rochester, '15
“…Oh great! So you’re in college? What school do you go to?” “University of Rochester.” “What year are you?” “Freshman, er, I mean sophomore! Yes, I’m a rising sophomore.” I couldn’t believe the words I uttered to my mom’s friend. Had an entire academic year come and...
by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14
The sad thing about finishing a school year? Saying bye to all your friends that are going abroad. And then wondering why you aren’t. Oh yeah, thats riiight! Mom was scared I was going to get dangerously ill because she heard from her friend’s...
by Abigail Macias, Dartmouth College
In high school (and most high schools across the nation), the academic calendar is organized around the semester system, that is, two big blocks of instruction time that usually run sixteen weeks. Twelve years of this almost made me forget that winter existed; my...
