Moving In

by Cynthia Cruz, Illinois Wesleyan University, '14

When I moved into my dorm at IWU it was chaos! Students, parents, and boxes were everywhere! My mom helped me move it. She made my bed, moped the floor, and wiped down everything– and I mean EVERYTHING! I could remember thinking “How am I supposed to live...

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

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

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...