It simply did not make sense. How can fifty million Americans go to bed hungry every night? That question haunted me and continues to do so today. I knew people were starving in the third world, but the number of hungry people in America shocked me. As a freshman I became aware of hunger through my school’s Community Service Organization. However, the facts I learned posed more questions than they answered. I knew the food drives and bake sales...

Brown University

Ever since my sophomore year friends told me that Brown was the perfect fit for me. At that point, college was far from my mind, and I knew little about Brown. As I began looking at colleges my junior year and made my first visit to Brown, I got a better sense of what so many of my friends were talking about. Unlike other schools, Brown trusts and empowers its students to navigate their own paths. As someone who has...

Do NOT stress about standardized testing. You do not need perfect scores to get...

Talking to students at schools gave me a much better...