by Benjamin Hoertnagl-Pereira, Johns Hopkins University , '18
To be frank, I didn’t really need to “try” in high school. My small town, public school of about 600 students total did not boast impressive research opportunities or robotics clubs, advanced STEM courses or top notch professors. So, I was left with no other option...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
A lot of people refer to college as the best time of their life because of all of the friends that they made and experiences they had. I do love college for those reasons but I mostly love college because of the confusion it causes. Society expects us young people to...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
College certainly does provide it’s own pace of things. I thought I knew what stress felt like through out high school. Oh how wrong I was. College is extremely fast paced. On the one hand you have a whole year worth of one AP class squished into one semester. That’s...
by Samuel Hayes, Northern Arizona University , '17
My first semester of college has been the best time of my life. It has been full of ups and downs. I’ve learned a lot since being in college, mostly how to take charge of my life and get my priorities straight. Being successful in college depends on how...
