“Homeness”: Transitioning from College Applicant to College Student

It’s my first Friday back from college. I’m waiting impatiently for my friend to arrive from Denver, a high school senior who’s visiting campus for the weekend. He’s participating in a scholarship competition all day tomorrow, one I competed for a year ago. I’ll be showing him a bit of campus and dorm life, welcoming [...]

College Week Live, Fall 2008 (How was it??)

If you guys don’t already know, College Week Live is a stellar, FREE two-day virtual college fair that includes over 200 colleges and 30+ presentations from college admission experts.

This past 12th and 13th of November was, you guessed it, CWL! Boy, it sure does keep getting better each and every time!

To Be A College Student, To Be A Young Citizen

I read about the Vietnam war protests at Kent State and I remember watching (don’t laugh) Mona Lisa Smile and the well-fattened idealist in my heart saw college as a place where everything happened and everything began. I was ecstatic to be a college student (in the gay district of a liberal city in a [...]

Freshman Orientation?!

I can’t sleep, so I blog.
It’s pretty surreal to think that I’m actually going to college in the fall. I mean, I read the brochures, I pictured myself on campus, imagined where I would hang out on the weekends, imagined where I would be studying, imagined what student groups and organizations I would join. I [...]