Growth

People grow in all sorts of different ways every day, but we try to cover some of the main ones: growth through travel and study abroad, growth through participating in extracurricular activities on and off campus, growth through academics, and growth through work. Advice in this section is for anyone who wants it, parents included. Here, you will learn how to bolster your résumé, cite your sources, increase your focus, and so much more.

Tips for Working on Black Friday — For some people, Black Friday can be a really fun experience. Traveling to the mall, waiting outside at 4:30 a.m. for the shops to open, and buying all the necessary holiday gifts for the upcoming season is exhilarating and leaves a feeling of accomplishment. Then, there is the dark side […]

A Survival Guide for Students Who Have to Work on Black Friday

This entry was posted in Career on November 22, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Megan Reynold's talks about college acting auditions. — Megan Reynolds has always loved theater, but it wasn’t until high school, when she enrolled in a performing arts magnet, that she decided to study acting in college. After strenuous college acting auditions, she was accepted to Emerson College’s BFA program in acting. Now, after graduating and performing professionally, she […]

My College Story: Auditioning for College Acting Programs

This entry was posted in My College Story on November 19, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

Karly Peterson's College Story — 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. […]

My College Story: From Studying Art History to Law School

This entry was posted in My College Story on November 11, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

How to Make the Most out of an Immersion Course Abroad — Singers on The Voice don’t send in their submissions from the safety of their homes; they go on stage to audition in front of millions. Shark Tank participants step out in front of the most renowned business extraordinaires, and they risk having their ideas eaten alive. And yet, whether the […]

How to Make the Most out of an Immersion Course Abroad

This entry was posted in Travel on November 9, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

How to Write a Good Research Paper — There comes a time in every student’s college career when they will be required to write a research paper for the first time. A research paper is more than a book report or a literature review, in which you’re just reporting on your findings. In fact, a research paper has […]

Tips for Writing an A+ Research Paper

This entry was posted in Study Skills on November 8, 2016 by Megan Clendenon

Miles Goodloe's College Story — 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

This entry was posted in My College Story on November 5, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

Should You Go Greek? What Fraternities Are Like in College — When you first get to campus, college looks a bit intimidating. There are no hallways filled with familiar friend groups, and the classes are scattered across campus. If you want to get involved and make new friends, it’s all in your hands. One possibility for jumping into student life is to […]

Should You Go Greek? Advice From Real Frat Brothers

This entry was posted in Extracurricular on November 3, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

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

This entry was posted in My College Story on October 29, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

The Inside Scoop on Starting a Club in College — Extracurricular activities at college are a real résumé booster. Finding the right place to dedicate your time might not be so simple, though. If you have a passion but can’t find a relevant club at your school, you’re probably not alone. Which means it’s time someone creates that club on […]

The Inside Scoop on Starting a Club at Your School

This entry was posted in Extracurricular on October 24, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

Zoe Schroder talks about what it's like to serve in the Peace Corps. — 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

This entry was posted in My College Story on October 22, 2016 by Student Caffe Staff

What No One Tells You about Deciding Late on a Major — Most students in their first years of undergrad don’t know how to do laundry, much less choose what they want to be when they grow up. Heck, when I was in college, I couldn’t choose between Lucky Charms and Cocoa Puffs, so I poured both. With college majors, it’s not […]

What No One Tells You about Deciding Late on a Major

This entry was posted in Study Skills on October 21, 2016 by Katelyn Brush

Keeping in Touch when You're Far Away from Home — Right after I graduated from college, I won a research fellowship and moved to Argentina. I’d been there before—I actually studied abroad there my entire junior year of college—so I thought I knew what I was getting myself into. I knew the subway and bus system, I knew the language […]

Keeping in Touch When You’re Far Away from Home

This entry was posted in Travel on October 16, 2016 by Gwen Elise

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