by Santiago Montoya, Brandeis University , '19
This is the last one. My dad said “Take a look at it one more time, you won’t come back.” It has been less than a week, but I am still shocked at the thought that I’m just not coming back to Brandeis. I have to remind myself that I am done. It has been a long journey...
by Andrea Haerther, University of Houston, '19
As the semester draws to a close, I am very proud that despite how slow going it has felt, I’m almost done. A change in major has caused me to be a second year junior which was disappointing initially, but I feel a lot better doing something more closely related...
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 Jorge Álvarez, Carnegie Mellon University , '23
The next few months seem to be brimming with opportunity. Opportunity often brings me feelings of anticipation, but recently, fear. I say fear coming from the workload I’ll have in the fall semester. I applied to the Washington Semester Program for Fall 2019. I’ll be...
by Jorge Álvarez, Carnegie Mellon University , '23
Currently, I work as one of the Building Supervisors at the Info Desk at the Cohon University Center (CUC) on campus. Thankfully the process for acquiring my current job was easy, only requiring a casual interview. Soon after Orientation, I had heard of a place that...
