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 years back. And while deciding what your major should be, what classes you should take,…

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. Then I said farewell to my ballet school, my neighborhood and the church I grew…

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, freshman year, I really explored this freedom. So, due to my need to take General…

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 met, but don’t remember how or when. We see countless faces and names as we…

From moving in to meeting new friends from around the world, freshman year can be one of the most exciting times of your life. Emory offers an outstanding orientation program that helps with the transition from high school to college. In addition, there are a variety of events that freshman can participate in on campus…