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Financial Aid Applications in a Nutshell!!
Hi everyone it's hard to believe that my first year of college is nearly done!! I apologize for the late blog; things have just been quite hectic lately! Originally I intended to do a video blog for this blog in particular but I have laryngitis (ahhhhh – of course...
Want $8,000? — Apply for the Opportunity Scholarship
High school seniors, could you use $2,000 to help pay for your freshman year of college? Or better yet, could you use $2,000 every year for the next four years to put toward your college expenses? If so, keep reading... Class of 2012, YOU’VE DONE IT! You’re almost to...
The end is almost near?!
WHOA?! Really?! Is there only ONE MONTH of school left? Time FLEW by. Just comes to show that you really have to make every second worth something! This past semester has been very tough on me, going from taking 4 classes to 7 classes (which is almost unheard of for...
High School vs. College: Classes
High school vs. College: Classes One day my sister asks me what the difference between high school and college is. At that point in time I didn’t really know. But now that the year is winding to an end, I’ve decided to jot down some of the differences between college...
Spring Break 2012
One of the best things about spring break in a small college in the middle of nowhere: no one on campus. No one to catch us in our bouts of ridiculousness. My friends climbed up a tree, and while I was panicking, our college’s president walked outside her house to...
A "Spring" Break from the Stress
Spring Break 2012 can be summed up with road trips, ultimate Frisbee, stargazing fireworks. Break started at 3:00pm on Friday the 16th after my paper was due. An hour after that the Frisbee team drove down to Pennsylvania to get ready for a tournament in New Jersey on...
Teacher-Student Relationship
You will hear it all throughout your college career, you might even hear it during your preparation for college. Talk to your professors outside of class! Go to their office hours, meet with them whenever you are both available, even if it is a little bit after class...
All about the Internship!
I am so sorry about the late blog! I have been unbelievably busy thissemester, both for academic and non-academic reasons. I plan on submitting a video so you guys can see my campus. I just want to wait until it gets a little warmer. In the meantime, I wanted to talk...
Internal Comfort…Part 1
It has been ages since I have last written here. My mind's eye is squinting at some obscure number...1.5 years? Good gracious really? Has it been that long? There has been much prodding and poking from the lovely Cara Martin and the wonderful people at CSO to see if...
Books & Babies…The Other Side of the Coin
“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...