by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
When I was in high school I thought that it was going to be the best time of my life. I thought I was ready to be an adult. Ha, nope. Little by little I started understanding what being an adult in college really is. It’s filling out tax forms, and financial aid...
by Luis Espino, Pitzer College, '17
Coming to college was an exciting experience for me because I came at a point in my life where I felt like I needed my own space. I love my family to death and was sad to leave them, but I was very happy to come to a place that was close enough for me to see them...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
A lot of us have heard about the starving college freshman, right? You have no idea how true that can be for a lot of college students. I attend a college where the vast majority of the students are well off and able to pay four years worth of tuition in one single...
by Lauren A. Mayo, University of Georgia, '15
Stephanie worked at Arby’s for ten and a half months before she was fired for using her cell phone on the clock. I refused to get fired, mainly because I needed all the money I could make for college. However, admission decisions had just been released online and I...
by Alexis Montes, University of Rochester, '15
As I hugged my mom one last time at the airport, I took one last look at the scenery beyond the large window panes. “My new life starts now.” I thought to myself. My first year of college was extraordinary to me. It represented the materialization of a fantasy that I...
