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Figuring out your college list can feel overwhelming. When I first started, I honestly didn’t know where to even begin. Some of my friends already had their dream schools picked…

How Students Learn, Grow, and Give Back Through CCE You may have heard many universities speak about their growing idea community engagement, but at the University of Rochester, the Center…

Getting Involved on Campus Student life is more active than ever, especially with in-person events making a big recovery after the lockdown. Clubs are teaming up more, which makes events…

Close the Common App Tab. You Did It! Four years of hard work, countless assignments, long nights and early mornings, extracurriculars, test prep, and all those tiny details—compressed into one…

When narrowing down your college list, it’s important to think about where you want to spend the next four years of your life—no small decision. Start by compiling your current…

  Now, it might not be the case for everyone, however, most students unknowingly come to college having only one track in mind. There is nothing wrong with that, but…

When looking for the best university for you, there are lots of things to keep in mind. When I was looking for the best school for me, I made a…

What is a Yellowjacket? It’s a question that has been asked many a time, especially by people who don’t know a lot about bees (including that a yellowjacket isn’t one).…

Moving to a new city with hundreds of students can be scary and overwhelming. It can be hard to come to the University of Rochester surrounded by strangers. Luckily, before…

As I sit down with David Hansen, who teaches Creative Writing: Fiction here at the University, one of the first things he tells me is that he never expected to…