Center for Student Opportunity staff recently attended the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) annual conference in New Orleans. We were delighted to have blogger Seanna Leath serve on our panel entititled “The Power of Near-Peer...
This college experience has finally helped me figure out what I’d like to be when I grow up…a kid. Actually, that’s not true at all, but I have heard that or something very similar from many of the students around me. This summer, I forgot to take a break, and...
Colleges ease financial burden through increased grants from endowments Pomona College draws from its endowment to replace loans with grants for students like Seanna Leath. September 1st, 2011 08:44 PM ET Seanna Leath grew up poor in Little Rock, Arkansas, dodging...
Last summer, I found love and excitement amidst 90+ kids in a youth program that focused on high achieving first-generation, low income students who wanted and deserved to attend college after graduating high school. My heart’s still with the program, but this...
I got my first camera when I was around twelve, but I’d been fascinated with photography and “capturing life” long before unwrapping that Kodak Easy Share. My mom threatened to stop making Walgreens’ trips to develop the photos if I didn’t stop snapping shots...
