Kassidy Puglisi Architecture Major From the moment that I stepped onto UT’s campus, I knew it was going to be a place where I wanted to spend my next years. It had everything to offer that I could ever want or imagine in a school, and more. Being from New Jersey and wanting to go to college in the south, I was a bit hesitant that I was going to miss home, or have a hard time adjusting, but soon after move in, I came to find out that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville was

Maggie Batenhorst Virginia Polytechnic University While I worked with Maggie on her essays only, we worked well together. Her positive attitude and energy came through in her essays, making her a very strong applicant. Though she was admitted to several highly-selective colleges where she would have excelled, Virginia Tech stayed near the top of Maggie's college list. After several visits and an overnight, Maggie knew she definitely wanted to attend Virginia Tech. Here's a sn

Emma Blau First Year Experience at UVA If you had told me, an out-of-state student from New York, at the beginning of my college application process, that at the end of senior year I would be committing to the University of Virginia, I would have found that extremely hard to believe. But now, after finishing my first year there filled with memories at The Rotunda, making great friends, and learning more about topics I am passionate about, I can truly say that I couldn’t imagi

Now featuring freshman year impressions: get a sense of what student life is like at various colleges. First up: Hamilton College, in Clinton NY: Nikki Greenberg First Year Experience at Hamilton The first week at Hamilton felt remarkably close to summer camp. A class-wide game of tag kicked off orientation, and then we were split into orientation groups of ten students and two upperclassman leaders. We played bonding games and activities in the Glen (a trail in the woods) fo