by Malajah Johnson, Thiel College , '23
It’s finally that time of the year. The fall semester is close to ending and you are considering to attend college soon. The deadlines for many of the schools that you wish to attend are approaching quickly. You feel as if the college process is not going so great and...
by ADaja, Washington University in St. Louis, '22
The end of the semester has come to pass. Yet you are still sitting behind a desk staring at the same personal essay for your college application. All the letters and symbols blur together and your eyes begin to cross. You are tired. It is late. You rub at your eyes,...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
Personal statements can be equal parts refreshing and terrifying because of its open-endedness. How can you POSSIBLY put your whole life and personality into two pages? That is something I remember struggling with when I was applying to colleges in high school, and...
by Rolando Perez, Pitzer College, '19
One of the greatest parts of the college process is the personal statement. Rather than measure you as a simple statistic, UC’s and most private colleges will have a committee dedicated to reading the personal statements of prospective students. When I first began the...
by I'm First Administrator
Thursday, December 4th at 7pm EST Join us for our monthly 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...
