“Go make something of yourself.”   “Figure out who you are.”   “What do you want to do with your life?”
At some point, every college student hears these phrases & questions. For some, the answers & solutions may come fairly easy; For the majority, they create a fear-stricken panic that they are missing something that everyone else is discovering.

Telling a college student that the years in which they obtain a bachelors degree are also the years in which they will “find themselves”, has always irked me. We want our students to “find themselves”, so that they will be...

Campus visits are a big part of the college decision process. When you are visiting schools that are in your list of potential choices follow these simple, yet effective guidelines to make the most out of your time on campus!

Visit a class in your major: If you know what you’re going to major in why not go get a feel of what your classes will be like? Go sit in an introductory level class that has to do with the major you are contemplating. After all, you’ll be in classes like these for the next four years.

Walk around on...