by Carlton Hassell, George Mason University , '16
Hey it’s Carlton again. I’ve had the lovely experience of being a Resident Advisor (RA) at my university with upperclass students. The Resident Advisor is a student who is responsible for establishing and maintaining the community of a residence hall...
by Benjamin Hoertnagl-Pereira, Johns Hopkins University , '18
To be frank, I didn’t really need to “try” in high school. My small town, public school of about 600 students total did not boast impressive research opportunities or robotics clubs, advanced STEM courses or top notch professors. So, I was left with no other option...
by Tyler Lattimore, Emory University , '15
This may very well be my last semester here at Emory University and this thought is bittersweet. Although I’m not planning on graduating until next year, I am planning on spending half of next year studying abroad in South Africa at the University of Cape Town and the...
by Michael Faikes, College of Charleston, '17
This past month has been one of the craziest months of my entire life and definitely the craziest of my collegiate experience. But it is also one of the reasons why college is so great and so I want to share it with y’all! One of my passions that I found at the...
by Danica Drezner, Boston University , '17
While in college not only are you constantly stressed over the copious amounts of work piled on by professors, but there is also that underlying stress that comes from being the stereotypical broke college student. Key word in that sentence, broke. However, there are...
by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18
As students near the last leg of the high school race, a sense of anxiety kicks in about whether you’re truly prepared for the college you plan on attending. First generation students and especially those going to elite or ivy league universities question their...
