So students need to take freshman year as seriously as possible. Depressed freshmen are not powerful transfer candidates, and in fact, when students get more engaged on campus, they end up wanting to stay at their original college. Turning Freshman Blues AroundDecember 19, 2012 in News tagged admissions / applications / college / college freshmen / freshmen / Harvard / Obama / Santa Monica / transfer students / transfers / UCLA / usc by rjoseph
Although college can be stressful at times, it does have a fun side. Living on campus was the best decision I ever made. My floor is really social and I have met the greatest people ever. First Quarter Is Over…Second quarter/semester…January 10, 2011 in News tagged college / college freshmen / college life / First Generation / first generation students / freshman year / Latino students / latinos / under-represented students by rjoseph
Consider four year private colleges. They want diverse, low-income students. Arthur and Jesus share their reasons for applying. Why We Are Applying to Private Four Year CollegesNovember 12, 2010 in News tagged College Access / college admissions / college applications / college freshmen / college life / college types / college years / diverse students / diversity / first generation students / four year colleges / Latino students / Latinos in College / low income students / private colleges / scholarships / under-represented students by rjoseph
1 I’ve been living at Sarah Lawrence College for 7 weeks now and I sit here typing this while simultaneously blasting the Chili Peppers out my laptop it finally struck me— really struck me; I have complete control over my experience here. It is completely up to me to make this worth it. The Three Convergents of College LifeOctober 11, 2010 in News tagged college / College Access / college freshman / college freshmen / college life / college time / First Generation / first generation students / organization / Sarah Lawrence / study skills by rjoseph
It is now 12:47am (October 5th) and I am currently working on a paper that is due in two days, well technically tomorrow because it is now Tuesday. If I ever feel that I just have to much work to do, I usually come to the lounge where I can get some homework done while surrounded by others that are focused on their homework... As the phrase goes "monkey see, monkey do" and that is what helps me get into the mindset of working on homework. Staying Up Late to Do HomeworkOctober 5, 2010 in News tagged College Access / college admissions / college applications / college freshman / college freshmen / college students / first gen / first generation students / homework by rjoseph