Sept. 22, 2010. My first day of college. I had no idea what to expect. People had been telling me that my classes would be huge and I would have lame teaching assistants trying to help me get through. I go to a school with well over 50,000 students, so I expected to feel like a very little fish in a very, very large pond. And I’ll be the first to admit that it is weird to see unfamiliar faces everywhere. In high school, you kind of know who everyone is and you see the same faces every day. [ ...continue reading ]
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October 26, 2010, 10:33 am
Lauren T. and Tori S. have been “sisters” since they were babies. We met up with the two, who have recently flown the coop, from California to Ohio for college, to see what it’s like to have a best friend who is basically a sister. Sisters Lauren T. and Tori S. @TheSisterh00d: When did the two of you meet? Tori: Lauren genuinely believed, for a long time, that we met when we were 18 months old when she walked over to my house, in her diaper, and asked if I [ ...continue reading ]  Comments: One comment October 25, 2010, 10:51 am
Sisters I’ve been in college now for less time than I spent filling out applications, and I can already say it was time well spent. The stress of taking standardized tests, addressing countless envelopes, spending hours looking into colleges across the country and writing essays that portrayed the essence of who I am in about 300 words all got me to where I am today. Although I am glad that I don’t have to do it again, I am so thankful I did it then. The stress and hard work has paid off tenfold, and I’m only [ ...continue reading ] Comments: Leave a comment August 23, 2010, 9:54 am
So it is that famous back-to-school season. As I am in the process of finishing up my summer reading books, I get this feeling of stress again. Do I really need to go back and step into a world of work and early mornings? And, just as I bring up this topic, my friends remind me: “Ugh, junior year is going to be horrible!” Studying in a computer lab Every teen in high school has heard it before: Junior year is rough! With SATs, studying for all the big exams, pressure and thoughts about college all tackling you [ ...continue reading ] Comments: Leave a comment June 17, 2010, 2:27 pm
It seems to be every parent’s dream to send their kids off to college, so they can get a great education pursuing what they love and find a successful, well-paying job and eventually settle down and provide them with grandchildren some day. In thinking about all those big goals, it’s easy to forget about the little stuff leading up to the great milestones in life. The graduations. The packing and unpacking. Getting rid of old treasures from your childhood room and most importantly, the good-byes. But as my older sister is going off to college next fall, I [ ...continue reading ] Comments: 4 comments April 26, 2010, 2:21 pm
Photo taken by Tori S.
I tend to forget how important girlfriends are in life. I’m friends with mostly boys and spend a lot of my time with them. But when it comes down to it, I have a core group of girls who mean the world to me. They’re the ones who would be there for me at 3 in the morning if I needed something. They’re the ones who know me to the core. Last night the seven of us girls went to Color Me Mine for a girls’ [ ...continue reading ] Comments: Leave a comment April 18, 2010, 10:16 am
As a senior in high school, I have been trying to find the right college for a year and a half. That’s almost 548 days of stress about college essays, interviews, campus visits, making the right impressions, SAT scores, applications, keeping grades up, doing as many extracurricular activities as possible, having a social life and somehow finding “me time.” After spending such a huge amount of time on this whole process, I have one month to decide where I would like to go next fall. Thirty days. It seems a little unfair that I spend 548 days applying to [ ...continue reading ] Comments: 8 comments April 5, 2010, 10:30 pm
In the next few years, I will be deciding what college I want to go to. This is probably the biggest decision in my life so far, and I will only be 16 when I am making it! It’s great to have options and to be able to consider different choices, but sometimes I wish someone would just tell me, “Christine, you have to go to this school, and that’s it, period.” That way, if it’s the wrong decision, it’s not my fault. There are so many things about this that make me nervous. What if I go [ ...continue reading ] Comments: 11 comments March 9, 2010, 11:36 am
Often in class I find myself counting down the minutes until the bell rings. On Mondays, I tell myself Friday will be here again soon. The other day my friend and I counted up the days of school left in our senior year. We were shocked to find that there are less than 65. This got me thinking…why am I so anxious for time to pass quickly? This is my senior year of high school. I should be soaking up every second, not wishing them away. Don’t get me wrong, I am in no way unsatisfied with the [ ...continue reading ] Comments: 5 comments |
 
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