Visiting Campus

This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College Visiting Campus No matter how many brochures you read or websites you visit, nothing tells you more about a college than visiting its campus in person. Plus, you can learn a lot more just by asking...

The Excitement of Looking Forward

It’s a new year, a new semester, and a new opportunity to make good on those long-contemplated New Year’s resolutions! As I begin the second semester of my sophomore year in college, I’m beginning to realize that I won’t be in school forever; there is a Real...

Consider the following…Student Diversity.

As the acceptance letters start rolling in, the pressure to make a decision can be a bit overwhelming. The next chapter of your life will be spent at blank University. You are trusting that the school you eventually choose will provide the academic and social, which...

Year Two: The challenge continues!

My second year at W&L is everything that I expected it to be: fun, exciting, and quite a bit harder than last year! My classes (*cough* microeconomic theory) have been extremely challenging. Besides microeconomic theory, I’m currently taking health economics,...

Enjoying summer, Excited for fall

It’s hard to believe that in a month and a half I’ll be back in classes! I’ve been completely caught up in my summer job, working as a tour guide at the Washington and Lee Admissions Office. Three times a day, I meet with prospective parents and students and take them...