When I was in high school, I was a three-season athlete. I ran cross country and track for my high school, played soccer for my town, and took dance classes once a week. I was in, what I would call, …
Where did You Find Your First-Year Friends?
By far the scariest part of stepping into your first year of college, is doing it alone. Most of us will at best have one or two people we knew tangentially in high school or from summer camp a couple …
Goodbyes Are Tough, But I Still Appreciate Endings
Despite how painful they are, endings come with their own blessings. For the past year, my life has been a series of ‘goodbyes’. First, it was ‘goodbye’ to my school of thirteen years and to all of my friends. …
The Types of Classes You’ll Have in College
I won’t name names… except for QTM 100 The most random classes I have ever taken. Before college, I never had much autonomy to choose my classes because of the way the system at my high school worked. So, …
Finding Your Community Starts with You
Once again, you’re a small fish in a big pond. We go through the motions during orientation week of our first year in college, making the same conversation for the 100th time with some person we feel like we’ve …