Posts categorized First Year

By Alan Rosales And so, the Class of 2015 slowly, but surely, started adjusting to the U of R…

THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME!! How long have I been talking about this? Read my past blogs. They date back to January. That isn’t even covering the whole span of…

Goodbye. One of the hardest things to do in any situation. It is a moment of mixed emotions. MANY mixed emotions. Sadness, anxiousness, happiness, nervousness… The list goes on, and…

Mixed feelings: I remember in the past how when summer was coming to a close, I would be sad that school was going to be back in session so soon.…

It’s okay to enter college undecided. Some of you know what you’re going to be when you grow up, and some of you have no idea. Some of you who…

I recently watched the movie The Roommate with my friends. Have you heard of it? It was all right. But hey, I’m not here to be a movie critic. While…

I’m not really sure how, but freshman year managed to end. I have found that people often spend so much time looking forward to things that, when they end up…

Leadership is more important than membership. This is related to the previous topic. When students apply to colleges and universities, we see their activities sheet—their résumé. There is also a…

Okay. Maybe that title is a little overdramatic. But really. I look on the U of R Class of 2015 Facebook page all the time and see how, one by…

Find your cocurricular passions. Do the things that are important to you, not the things you think are important to an admissions office. At times I am asked, “Do you…