Navigating college

Being the first in your family to attend college is a huge feat that I’ve realized is often not acknowledged as such by first-gen college students. Imposter syndrome can play a huge role in the way people perceive themselves, and I’ve had to actively make it my...

How To Deal with Burn-out as a College Student

As college students, we have all felt burnt out at one point in our collegiate careers. Regardless of whether this burnout is felt in your school work, job, club, etc., it is inevitable that this feeling creeps in at some point throughout the school year. From...

The Waiting Game and Interviews

My college apps are in…so what do I do now? If this sounds like you, enjoy some time away from stressing about college and sing at the top of your lungs in a car packed with friends who have also finished their college applications. After you let out your inner...

Springing into Success: How to Start Spring Semester Off Right

Hi everyone! I know this post is a bit late for the month, considering that the spring semester started for many of us in January/early February. (My semester abroad in South Korea begins in a week, so that is why this post is up a bit later!) Anyway, I wanted to...

Benefits of a Small University

St. Edward’s University is home to around 2,800 undergraduate students. To put this into perspective in terms of what a small and big university looks like, just across the river the University of Texas at Austin has about 42,000 students in their undergraduate...