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 […]
2019 Year-In-Review
Remembering the good times and tremendous accomplishments of the Goodnight Scholars community in 2019.
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.
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 […]