The summer before my senior year, I decided I wanted to tour Florida State University. I never …
High School
My High School Over-Prepared Me for College
Many of my college classes today feel like a breeze compared to my challenging high school classes. …
Do We Need Safe Spaces in Schools?
When Ben Frisch, a high school teacher at Manhattan school Friends Seminary said, “Heil Hitler,” …
I Ended up Just Fine After My Dream School Waitlisted Me
During my sophomore year of high school, I attended a college fair in Northern Virginia with my best …
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50 Words That Are So College
“Hey bro! Wanna pregame at my place before the woodser?” “Can’t, dude. I’m marathoning then I got …
Why Taking College Credits Classes in High School Made My Life
In high school, most of us didn’t even want to take regular high school classes, let alone taking …
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Looking Through the Eyes of a Stranger
I looked around me. The unusually wide smiles of those whose faces have been permanently marked by a …
10 Prospective Students You’ll Meet This Spring
Thought you put the days of college visits and anxious high school students behind you? Not so fast. …
What’s Common Core and 3 Reasons it Doesn’t Work
After the last presidential election, I faced an abysmal realization. I recently graduated high …
What I Learned From My Small High School
Sometimes more is not the merrier. I would know—I graduated from my small high school with a class …
The Breakup I Never Expected
Any college freshman who denies feeling anxious about moving away from home is a big fat liar. I …
CM’s Master Guide to Passing the ACT
Three years ago, my high school flooded. I got out of that AP Chem test, but I still had to take the …
