by Sophie Kaplan | May 5, 2014 | Campus Life, Campus Life Blog
The last few days I’ve spent on campus have been strange. People have been stopping me in the halls and on the streets to say “Don’t worry, we’ll stay in touch!” or “I’m really gonna miss you when you go!” I respond in kind and tell them my plans, but all the while...
by Sophie Kaplan | Nov 15, 2013 | Admissions
“Get all of your gen eds out of the way” they’d told me sternly that day (so long ago) when I sat next to the temporary advisor I’d been assigned, “it will be better to focus on your major later on, just get the requirements out of the way.” It sounded logical to me...
by Sophie Kaplan | Oct 18, 2013 | Improving Our World
I feel like it’s a fairly universal truth in our culture that at some point in our youth someone told us to “just be yourself!” While it’s a fabulous notion in theory, it’s basically meaningless in execution. I’ve always known a few basic facts about myself: I’m sorta...