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I just finished my freshman year at Yale. I'm worried I didn't make deep, long-lasting friendships.
A Yale student felt the expectation to find his life-long friends in his first year at college. He'…
Miles Kirkpatrick
I'm a student at Yale, and we party more than you'd think. Here's what parties at the Ivy League are like.
A Yale freshman says Ivy League students party more than you might think. They go to frat houses, t…
Miles Kirkpatrick
My mother enrolled in college at 42 while raising 4 kids. It was the same year I enrolled as a freshman.
At 42 years old, a mother returned to college and followed her dream of being a teacher. Her daught…
Amy McHugh
An NYU freshman is suing her roommate, accusing her of stealing $51,000 of her jewelry and designer handbags
The daughter of a Russian-American mining magnate is suing her NYU roommate, accusing her of steali…
Joshua Zitser
I'm entering my last year of college. Here's what I wish I knew as an incoming freshman.
Moses Jeanfrancois is a senior at The New School and wishes he knew it would be difficult to make f…
Moses Jeanfrancois
I've worked with college students for years. Parents should teach their college-bound kids these key life skills this summer.
A college teacher said her students are missing key life skills in their freshman year. She wants p…
Rachel Garlinghouse
ChatGPT showed it could pass a freshman year at Harvard and achieve a 3.34 GPA, student says
Maya Bodnick, an intern at Matthew Yglesias's "Slow Boring" newsletter decided to test how the chat…
Beatrice Nolan
I had a baby during my senior year of college. My friends helped raise my daughter so I could graduate and continue working.
Riho Maruyama and her husband got married freshman year. By senior year she was pregnant. Their fri…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
Clarence Thomas raised him 'as a son.' Now he's facing 25-plus years on weapons and drug charges.
Years ago, Thomas took in a 6-year-old relative who reminded him of himself. His sister's grandson,…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
A month before I left for my freshman year of college, my mother was diagnosed with cancer. It defined my college experience.
Zoey Steel struggled to connect with her fellow students at Lewis & Clark College because she was w…
Zoey Steel
The COVID lockdowns ruined my freshman year at the University of Virginia. 3 years later, I'm still struggling to have a normal college experience.
Mary Kurbanov will soon start her senior year at UVA but still feels like she was cheated out of he…
Mary Kurbanov
My 17-year-old daughter has dated a few boys in high school. I know the relationship is getting serious when I see her wearing their hoodie.
My daughter told me that wearing your boyfriend's hoodie is a thing everyone does nowadays. Some of…
Katy M. Clark
I'm an NYU student who studied abroad in Florence my entire freshman year. I loved the campus, the locals, and the chance to travel.
Mellak Abduelal says she loved sitting in Italian cafes, chatting with locals, and traveling around…
Mellak Abduelal
I'm an incoming Harvard freshman. I'm nervous I won't fit in with the rich kids on campus as a financial-aid student.
Ezekiel Wells thought Harvard was only for rich, well-connected kids. But when he got a full financ…
Ezekiel Wells
I'm a freshman at NYU and just moved into my dorm. I wasn't prepared for how overwhelming and scary my first few days would be.
Zoe Applebaum planned her move in to New York University for months, but she didn't expect to be ov…
Zoe Applebaum
I was a Divison III college athlete. Years later, I now see how it ruined my body and my college experience.
She put too much time and energy into college sports, preventing her from befriending classmates or…
Laura Forrest Hopfauf
A South Carolina freshman threw down a dunk in transition that showcased women's college basketball's evolution
Gamecocks forward Ashlyn Watkins is one of several active NCAA women's basketball players — includi…
Meredith Cash
My daughter felt isolated as a freshman at American University. When she transferred to a lesser-known school, she found her community.
Even though the writer's daughter attended one of the best universities in the country, she wasn't …
Amy McHugh
Freshman Rep. Andy Ogles once raised $23,000 to create a burial garden for stillborn babies with a 'life-size statue of Jesus.' It was never built.
Ogles says the money wasn't enough to create the memorial so he gave it to families in need but did…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
Larsa Pippen explains why her 15-year-old daughter has a $2,500 monthly allowance while living with dad Scottie Pippen
Larsa Pippen pointed toward food, Uber rides, and gifts for friends as expenses covered by the mont…