Category: College

My Best Advice to Help College Students Keep Their Faith

My Best Advice to Help College Students Keep Their Faith

It’s that time of year again…the sunny days of summer are coming to a close as college students move into dorms and apartments and begin a new season. I’ve been a college student, I’ve been a friend to many college…

How I Learned to Be a Fast Reader

How I Learned to Be a Fast Reader

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I’m Going Back to School!

I’m Going Back to School!

I vowed these words would never come out of my mouth again, but God laughed and here we are: I am going back to school! I teased this news in last week’s post, and this decision is the perfect example…

Five Things My College Roommate Taught Me

Five Things My College Roommate Taught Me

I didn’t get the “privilege” of experiencing dorm life until my junior year of college. I spent my first two years at the local community college my dad mandated, and then I transferred to a university in Florida that required…

How I Chose a Major, Part 2: Do I Regret It?

How I Chose a Major, Part 2: Do I Regret It?

Read Part 1 here! Read How I Chose a College, Part 1 and Part 2 here. Last week I explained the very scientific process that was behind my degree selection in college. In short, I looked at all the classes…

How I Chose a Major

How I Chose a Major

If you haven’t read my previous posts on how I chose a college (Part 1 and Part 2), I recommend starting with those! Similar to how I felt about choosing a college, I had no idea what I wanted to…

Why I’m So Glad I Chose the College I Did {How I Chose a College: Part 2}

Why I’m So Glad I Chose the College I Did {How I Chose a College: Part 2}

Last week I shared how I decided on Southeastern University when it came time to choose a college. At the time, it was the scariest decision I’d ever made in my life. I was (and am) a homebody, and I…

How I Chose a College

How I Chose a College

I had no idea where to go to college. I always knew I’d go. Most of my relatives had gone, my parents talked about me going, and all my friends planned to go, so I never really thought twice about…

Questions to Ask Instead of “What Are You Doing With Your Life?”

Questions to Ask Instead of “What Are You Doing With Your Life?”

Last week I talked about the dreaded question young adults (and people in general) face all too often: “So what are you doing now?” I explained that many of us hate that question because it evokes feelings of shame and…

The Question Many Young Adults Hate Hearing

The Question Many Young Adults Hate Hearing

It’s graduation season, so I hear this question being posed more than any other time of year: “So what are you doing now?” A little part of me deflates every time someone asks me this. Nothing impressive, that’s what, I…