Scholars Blog
Personality is Paramount
Grade point average (GPA) is an important tool used to assess a student’s ability to be successful in their classes. GPA is what will put your foot in the door, but who you are is what will get you a […]
Planning the Unplanned
The thought of failing tore at my stomach, creating panic and fear as negative thoughts invaded my mind, but I learned more from it than any “A” I ever received.
Finding My Place At NC State
Getting used to an unfamiliar campus and a new community is something that doesn’t typically happen within Orientation week.
Our Hearts Ever HOLd You, NC State: My Experience as an Orientation Leader
Orientation. It is our first introduction to life at NC State and, for many, it is nerve-racking.
How to Improve Your Life with One Word
The first piece of advice people often provide rising first-year students is to say “yes” to every new opportunity.
Growing Into My Truth
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” – Steve Jobs
Looking Back, Leaping Forward: To the Class of 2019
Now a full year into my freshman year at NC State, I find it hard to accurately describe how much my life has changed—how different I am now than I was last August.
Embracing Confusion
From preschool to high school we have been conditioned to a pretty standard daily routine. Wake up too early, go to school, participate in any extracurriculars, have fun with friends/hobbies, stay up too late, repeat. Then comes the game changer: […]
Friends and Family
This semester has brought many new events into my life. I am in my new major and I absolutely love it. That being said, I have also had to deal with many new things such as my family growing and […]
Updates From Uni
I stepped off the plane onto the open tarmac, greeted by an overcast sky and the glint of a sun struggling to escape out into the open. I could hardly believe it. We had made it. We had arrived in […]