Back in Action

After talking to Cara today, I had to take a moment and look back at the bio I first submitted to her almost two years ago, and I must say it definitely gave me a good laugh. I’m still attending Dartmouth College but I am nowhere near being a double major. I took...

It's Okay, It's Just College

Regular decision date for most colleges is just around the corner. There’s not a lot of advice I can give about what to do during this awful wait (just relax and remember to breathe), so I’ll talk a bit about what to do after the decision date. If...

Money, a Source of a College Student's Sorrow

Now that everyone’s gotten the applications over with, I bet you’d like to relax. Well, don’t. Not yet anyway. There’s something else…FINANCIAL AID! DUN DUN DUN. Truth is, even though you may get into the school of your choice, or even...

My First Time in Rome, Italy

Rome, Italy… One of the places I’ve dreamed of going since the first time we learned about its epic history in elementary school. I remember looking at the pictures of the Colosseum and the Pantheon and wondering if I’d ever get a chance to walk the same terrain as...

On the 9th day of Christmas, CSO gave to me… the opportunity to dream

There are so many kids, just like me, first in the family to go to college, looking for ways to afford it. Close friends of mine, who went to the same school as I did, came from low-income families, got into the same schools that I did, attended college and dropped...