This past weekend, a group of 40 prospective students were visiting Pomona’s campus. Last year, I was actually the intern who worked with the admissions office to coordinate activities for these weekends. I remember trying to put together a list of parties, student...
“She got married to who…wait, when did this happen? Hold on…WHEN is the baby due?” I must have sounded like a broken record after a while; catching up with friends from back home in Arkansas took a decided shift around junior year. My classmates and I were now in...
Personal statement. Statement of purpose. Personal-ment of the state you’re in. No matter how the words were rearranged, it still loomed large and confusingly in my mind. Being well into my junior year, I’m now approached more seriously by professors to discuss my...
I have to confess…I failed to set any New Year’s Resolutions for this upcoming year. I don’t have my usual slip of paper with five or seven things written down that I’d like to improve, and I didn’t even commit to trying to lose that extra-comfortable ten pounds...
Center for Student Opportunity’s scholarship has helped allow me to attend Pomona, my top choice after visiting the campus three years ago. Since I was little, my mom reiterated that I would have to get a scholarship to go to college; education was pushed in our home,...
