Hawaiian Pizza and Existentialist Dread: Your First Move-In Day

Hey reader, hope you’ve had a nice, relaxing summer so far. So, let’s talk about move in day. Now I like to think my parents raised a truthful boy… so I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that it’s a smooth process. It’s AWKWARD. No like, REALLY AWKWARD. Move in...

The Dimly Lit Room of the Admissions Committee (or not)

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...

Bouncing back from Senioritis

Before I began college, I made a conscious decision to become better at managing my time. I’ll admit, senioritis hit me hard in my last couple months leading up to graduation. The amount of time I spent debating when and whether I should study at all was greater than...

Keep Paddling Dudes.

Hello, my name is Rolando Perez and I was born and raised in SoCal. But believe it or not, I had never touched a surfboard until two weeks ago. See Pitzer College makes a commendable effort to make first year students bond with each other by sending all first years to...