Finals

My first semester of finals have been hard becuase I struggled with two of classes this semester. I never gave up and I kept pushing hard in the class but when it got down to finals I got worried a lot more. Now for the rest of my classes I was not worried about them...

And Thus Ends Round 1

As I’m typing this, I’ve been home for about three days.  My finals started the first day (last friday) and I had three in a row to end on Sunday.  All my friends said I was lucky; they were all quite jealous.  At the time, it seemed like the worst thing...

The First Semester

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...

HOME FREEE…..almost

Having reflecting on this past academic year—on its late nights, existential crises, and applications—one factor found itself atop the list of stress; the insistent, unyielding nagging of where I was applying, what my top choice school was, and what I wanted to study,...

A Household Name in Admissions Committee

For the past few years you have molded your schedule to incorporate various extra-curricular activities, delegated hours upon hours to the studying of your course material so that your precious transcript is as flawless as possible, invested time to the betterment of...