The Perks of Being a D’Lion
What is a D’Lion? Most people will ask me this question whenever I proudly announce that I am part of the D’Lion Society at Rochester this year. Briefly speaking,…
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Freshman Housing Looks Hard, But It Isn’t
As an incoming freshman, one of my biggest worries about college was having to share a room with a complete stranger. I was accustomed to having a space of my…
Chesapeake Bay: Navigating Social-Ecological Relationships in an American Watershed
By Mark Wiest, Pre-College instructor for Chesapeake Bay: Navigating Social-Ecological Relationships in an American Watershed Lady Helen is tucked away at her winter moorage where she is protected by the wind…
Bermuda: Digging Through the Social History of the Atlantic
By Dr. Michael Jarvis, Pre-College instructor for “Bermuda: Digging Through the Social History of the Atlantic“ Indiana Jones? Lara Croft? Amateurs! Come learn how historical archaeology is really done through…
Waiting. Waiting? Waiting!
Hello! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break! Welcome back to Sophie’s UR lecture! For regular decision applicants, now is the most anxious stage during the admissions process: the waiting…
New Year’s Resolutions For a Successful Academic Year
2015 is here and I can say with confidence that I have experienced more changes in the last four months than in the past eighteen years of my life. I…
Know the True Nature of Your Enemy Part II
Read Part I: Know the True Nature of Your Enemy (In This Case, the Common App Essay!) So now that you understand what the Common App is about, and how you…
Know the True Nature of Your Enemy (In This Case, the Common App Essay!)
It’s the middle of November, and this means different things to different people; for some, it may mean Thanksgiving, changing colors of leaves, quickly approaching winter (perhaps too quickly), or…
5 Reasons to Love Rachacha!
Six or so weeks into the fall semester, we students get to bask in the glory of a four-day weekend known as fall break. We’ve soldiered through enough papers, exams,…
More Than Just a Jumble of Words
Hello! My name is YooJung, and I'm a freshman interested in majoring in film and media studies. I was born in Seoul, South Korea, and lived there for a while…
3 Reasons to Complete an Admissions Interview
Fall is fast approaching, and along with the calm of the falling leaves comes a certain degree of stress for high school seniors. The Common Application/Universal College App looms ominously…
How To NOT Be a Lazy Senior!
Many of you are seniors in high school, and now I’m a senior in college! I cannot help but think about being lazy. It’s so hard to be motivated because…