Expectations v. Reality – After 1st Semester

by Jorge Álvarez, Carnegie Mellon University , '23

My first semester was fun in some ways and not fun in others. Although the enjoyment and awe of Orientation had finally run out, I spent tons of my time outside of class chatting and meeting new people. In order to save my meal blocks and my DinExtra (Dinex), I...

The First Semester

by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18

As cliched as it sounds, it would be an understatement if I said that my first semester of college was not what I expected. Academically, I made the first semester freshman mistake of taking Calculus I even though I just took pre-calculus this past summer before the...