After four years of attending the same high school and seeing the same faces every day, it was exciting yet terrifying to think that I would be leaving my best friends behind. However, after coming to college, I soon realized that there would be far fewer opportunities to meet my high school friends due to Read More…
Category: Unit 3
She-Ra Princesses of Power: Not Your Parents’ 80s Cartoon
One TV show that is certainly “Binge-worthy” is She-Ra Princesses of Power on Netflix. What’s unique about She-Ra is that it’s a reboot of a rather cringy 80s television series and She-Ra is the “sister” to He-Man, a very popular 80s cartoon character. However, the creators of the reboot completely revamped the show and it Read More…
Preparing for the Unpreparable
So you have decided to attend UW Madison…now what? Enjoy your time before university College is an exciting new step into the adult world. If you have just chosen to attend UW Madison, chances are, you are a high school senior. The best advice I can give to you is to soak up everything you Read More…
The more I learn, the less I know.
When I came to college, I thought I was just going to 13th grade to become a people expert and do big things. It was 2008 and I was 25. Neither of my parents had gone to college. Only a few of my friends had. The privileged ones. My perspective is that of a “non-traditional” Read More…
Working Out Every Day In College: Expectation VS Reality
I came into college thinking it was going to be a breeze. Finding time to work out will be so much easier, I thought to myself. After having school every day from 8 am to 3 pm and immediately going to volleyball practice until 7 pm, I figured squeezing in an hour long yoga class Read More…
Big 10 Universities; Are students just a number?
When I chose to go to Madison at the end of my senior year, I knew I was going to be one of 50,000 other students and was going to have to work a little harder for academic help, tutoring, and extracurricular experience. Something that significantly surpassed and surprised my expectations during my freshman year Read More…
Ease your way into the next 4 years!
Post high school most people are committed to a university. This was not the case for me, I felt lost, unsure and confused about what my next step in life would be. An opportunity arose: The transfer program. This allows students the chance to save money while transferring directly to UW-Madison from any MATC assuming Read More…
College is Great!
Everyone before joining into college have their own expectation for how college will be and sometimes, you’re right but most of the time you are wrong. College is a great time to explore who you are socially but also find out what really interests you academically. What I thought Every class would be difficult Work Read More…
Moving to Campus and Leaving Your Car at Home: Expectation vs. Reality
Like many other students I decided to sell my car once I moved into my dorm room Freshman year. I thought “everything I need will be around campus so why should I pay for parking, insurance etc?” I even had my bike with me so I could get around a little faster. I thought my Read More…
They See Me Rollin’ (Lint)
When you move out to Madison for the first time, the essentials that everyone will tell you are basically the same. Bring supplies for your dorm room, bring clothing, bring a microwave, and a ton more super obvious items. But there is a slept on item that I guarantee most freshman would never think to Read More…