Fresh Start!

by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17

Buh-Bye 2013-’14! Welcome 2014-15!!! Sophomore year is here baybee!!!!!!! Time to get it together. Time for fresh start. Time for new opportunities. Time for the best! I think as a freshmen we all begin to experience what is like to be in college and how to...

Crushed Expectations but Blessed All the Same

by Steven Shi

Let me start with my grandiose plans that I had for summer three months ago. I was planning on touring Europe; I was planning on staying in a castle with an international friend; I was planning on becoming a connoisseur of Eastern Asian foods; I was planning to be...

New Day- I'm First

by Benjamin Hoertnagl-Pereira, Johns Hopkins University , '18

Well, here we go—dorm cozy with the excessive, seemingly important stuff I could barely fit into my car, parents presumably sniffling on the way back home, faces of students that are unfamiliar; college has begun. For the past year, this very experience has consumed...

Twitter Office Hour: I’m College Bound

by I'm First Administrator

Thursday, August 7th at 7:00p.m. EST Join us for our inaugural Twitter Office Hour. On the first Thursday of every month at 7:00pm EST, we’re inviting first-generation college students, those who aspire to be, and everyone who cares about first-gens to meet us on...

Unorganized and emotional much? Part I.

by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17

It just all fell apart. I started doing very well in school at  the beginning of my Spring ’14 semester; I kept up with most of work and I tried to participate and complete the work for all of my classes. However, little by little I started slipping. There was...