by Catherine Ferro-Manzanares, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025
College applications will have you looking everywhere, and one of the most complex parts of it can be the financial aspect of it. Nearly three years ago, during my senior fall, I remembered going through the hoops of deciphering tax returns, emailing schools, and...
by Hailey Hibbs, St. Edwards University, 2024
College is all about finding yourself and your passion in an almost endless pool of possibilities. A major aspect of that development is declaring a major. For a lot of people this can be difficult and take time, especially for first-gen students because we do not...
by Catherine Ferro-Manzanares, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025
Many of my classes are humanities-based, and most of the time, the way we’re assessed by the end of the semester is through research papers. At WashU, we get introduced to research-style writing during our first year, through our required College Writing course....
by Braden Nguyen, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, '25
Congratulations! You made it through this semester of college! I want to remind you that you are doing a great job in your academic journey. Whether your grades did or did not turn out the way you wished you persevered. We all can agree sometimes we can fall short in...
by Catherine Ferro-Manzanares, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025
Looking for what to do during the summer is a challenge. In my first year of college, I was lucky enough to have secured a fellowship through WashU’s civic engagement institute, Gephardt. I was able to receive a stipend and work for a non-profit that provided...
by Catherine Ferro-Manzanares, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025
I finally finished my Sophomore year of college on May 12 at 7:04 pm, when I submitted my research project of 17 pages! This semester was tough, a lot of it depended on me holding myself accountable for time management. For example, three of my classes required me to...
