by Jezabell DeJesus, Montclair State University, '26
As the weeks continue to fly by, college-life sometimes still feels…unbalanced. It’s November! I thought I would have it all together but new obstacles seem to pop up. Maybe, it isn’t solely college and more of the fact that I’m not entirely...
by Luis Espino, Pitzer College, '17
I recently did a thirty-minute presentation for a service class at my high school on the topic of immigration. I’ve always appreciated the help and support I’ve received from my parents, my family, and the mentors I’ve had in my life, but never to...
by Cynthia Cruz, Illinois Wesleyan University, '14
I want to give up sometimes. School is just too hard right now. I probably shouldn’t have started this blog post off with that sentence, but that is definitely how I feel. Remember about a month ago when I told you my mother was getting brain surgery,...
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 Maggie Acosta, Bowdoin College, '15
So I’m just going to come right out and say it: The first year is hard. Very hard. I had days where I just wanted my mom’s hugs or to be alone with my own thoughts. But I also had those days where I was just baffled by all the amazing people around me and...
