Karly Peterson attended the University of California–Berkeley where she studied both classics and art history. After graduating in 2010 and taking some time off, she returned to school, this time to study law. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2015 and recently passed the bar exam. […]
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Miles graduated with a degree in political science from UCLA and soon after went on to graduate school, studying higher education at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked at Drexel University serving as an Honors Program coordinator and adjunct faculty member. There was a problem, though. Many of the students […]
My College Story: The Power of Motivational Majors and Self-Education
The plot is wrapping up when it comes to the college application season, which means that there are (hopefully) only a few things left to check off your to-do list. Now is a good time to take a step back and look over the work you’ve done to get here. […]
The November Checklist for Students Applying to College
Vinny has always been an avid baseball fan, and he played for both his high school and college teams. When he was at Adelphi University, however, he was forced to sit on the sidelines because of an unfortunate turn of events: a torn rotator cuff. A year later, he created […]
My College Story: From Baseball in College to Baseball on the Island
Growing up, Zoé Schroeder dreamed of volunteering for the Peace Corps, a government program that values cross-cultural exchange and assists with social and economic development projects abroad. Most volunteers complete three months of training before serving abroad for two years. Zoé was accepted to the program upon graduating from the […]
My College Story: Serving in the Peace Corps after Graduation
Laura Hughes was born in Utah but moved to Massachusetts as a child. When asked where she’s from, Laura replies, “It’s a bit of a difficult question, especially now that I've lived in eight different states, [but] I claim Massachusetts.” She spent her college years bouncing between Brigham Young University-Hawaii […]
My College Story: Graduating Early and Following My Passions
When Sarah Nold enrolled at the University of Kentucky, she didn’t know what she wanted to major in. After a long process of narrowing down her options and eliminating programs that required additional chemistry courses, she landed on Family and Consumer Science Education (FCS Ed). She was drawn to the […]
My College Story: Confronting the “Home Ec” Stigma
You’re one month into senior year of high school. Can you believe how fast it’s gone? Soon enough, deadlines will have come and gone, letters will be in your mailbox, and prom and graduation will fly by. This all means that it’s time to get a move on and start […]
The October Checklist for Students Applying to College
We first met Jordan Schanda of ScholarPrep through Instagram. Her business’s goal is to assist students from freshman year of high school until the college admissions process is over. We quickly clicked the “follow” button after realizing that ScholarPrep is run by this 26-year-old and her mother, Christina. After Jordan […]
My College Story: Student, Employee and Business Owner
Rachel Simon loves words. The proof? She has both a bachelor’s of arts in creative writing from Lesley College and a certificate in publishing from the University of Denver. Plus, she’s currently working toward a dual master’s in library science and children’s literature at Simmons College. After so much time […]
My College Story: The Possibilities of an English Degree
Devin Cherry grew up in Kentucky and attended three different schools over the course of his postsecondary education: the University of Louisville, Murray State University, and University of the Cumberlands. He earned a Bachelor’s of Science in environmental geology from Murray State after transferring from the University of Louisville, and […]
My College Story: From Student to Teacher
You’ve been working hard throughout high school to take standardized tests and think about your future, but senior year is crunch time for college applications. If you are applying to start college next year, here’s what you should be doing this September: Print out the complete college application checklist to […]