From admissions to graduation, here are news and resources for university life.
As college starts up each fall, students often feel a flurry of nervousness and excitement. College is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but also one full of unfamiliar avenues and obstacles. Add in the challenges related to COVID-19, and college may seem even more...
On campuses like University of California, Berkeley, it is not uncommon to walk by a herd of students moving their limbs in unison to hip-hop music. You might see them dancing in front of lecture hall buildings, in parking garages, and in brightly lit hallways in...
My entire life has been about college—and not because I had overbearing parents or overwhelming school pressure, but because I set my own ambitions to a glorified view of what I thought college would be. Growing up, I couldn’t wait for the college social scene. I’ve...
Schuyler Bailar is making waves in the swimming community for more than just his athletic prowess. The 22-year-old athlete currently competes for the Harvard Men’s Swimming and Diving Team and is the first openly transgender swimmer on an NCAA Division 1 men’s...
Gather around, high school students, we need to have a chat. Invite your parents, too. When I worked as an education consultant, parents paid upwards of $30,000 for SAT training and advice from yours truly, so I promise I’ll make this worth your time. Let’s talk about...
Whenever someone asks me what the single most unexpected thing I did as an undergraduate was, I always say, “I became a member of a sorority.”[getty src="639818984" width="509" height="339" tld="com"]Coming into college, I had a lot of impressions of Greek life, some...
We’re introducing a new Mochi series, where we spotlight young Asian Americans who are following their passions and doing newsworthy things. In this issue, we sat down with Karen Chee, a Korean-American Harvard student who dreams of pursuing comedy...
Donald Trump’s victory left Americans, particularly those who identify with groups he attacked during his campaign, feeling uneasy. One way to cope with this nervous energy is to channel it into something productive to protect and support causes that will be affected...
When Qiu Bai was a freshman at China’s Sun Yat-Sen University, she thought she liked another girl. Not knowing much about homosexuality, she turned to medical textbooks in the school library for guidance. Instead, what she found scared and upset her.“A lot of...