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School’s in Session: Best Study Tips for Your Zoom University Semester

Learning online can be hard to navigate if you’re not used to it. Zoom links pile up, slow internet connection can drive you nuts, and online tests can become oh-so overwhelming to handle when they consume your day-to-day life for months on end.  During times like this, we have to learn how to adapt and sometimes even change the way we approach tasks. Online learning … Continue reading School’s in Session: Best Study Tips for Your Zoom University Semester

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How to Make Your College Dorm Room Feel Like Home

After a long few months in quarantine, many students will be coming onto campus for the academic year—or maybe already have! Students will move into dorms, apartments or houses that they will be calling home for (hopefully) the next eight-ish months. It is important that students are able to get the most out of their space and make it feel like their own. I’ve compiled … Continue reading How to Make Your College Dorm Room Feel Like Home

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Things No One Tells You You Need in College

When I finally headed to college, it was after a summer spent checking and rechecking an organized list of university essentials. From shower shoes to desk lamps, I created a long list of things that I knew would be necessities for me in dorm life. I checked it over and over in order to ensure that I forgot nothing. Looking back, I wish I had spent … Continue reading Things No One Tells You You Need in College

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Advice for Freshman Going to School During the Pandemic

Preparing for your freshman year is typically a time characterized by excitement. Whether it be figuring out how you will be decorating your dorm room or talking to your future roommate, there’s a lot to look forward to; that is, until you remember you’re going off to college while COVID-19 is still rampant across the United States.  Acting responsibly to protect yourself and those around … Continue reading Advice for Freshman Going to School During the Pandemic

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Welcome to The Freshman Diaries

*Written by Kate Turkeltaub, Olivia Talbott and Sara Jewel* Hi everyone! I’m Kate, a rising sophomore at Lehigh University. I am studying political science and environmental studies and I’m planning to add a double major in journalism! I am from Greenwich, CT where I have lived all my life. I was terrified of change and coming to college. The community I found at Lehigh my … Continue reading Welcome to The Freshman Diaries

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Inside My Transfer Experience: How I Succeeded and My Major Takeaways

For some, transferring universities can be a very difficult and complex decision. For others, it’s a slice of cake. There are a bunch of valid reasons why someone may choose to transfer; maybe it’s because your financial situation has changed or you’re homesick. Perhaps you’re looking for more educational opportunities and pursuing a different major or a better program is more accessible elsewhere. Or, maybe … Continue reading Inside My Transfer Experience: How I Succeeded and My Major Takeaways

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Prepare for the Fall: My Go-To Zoom Checklist

As the fall semester approaches, classes are going to be looking a lot different. Thanks to Miss Corona, many colleges across the country are planning to adjust to online learning or a hybrid model, in which professors will meet with students both in-person and online. Regardless of what method institutions intend to follow, video-conferencing platforms such as Zoom will be heavily incorporated in some shape … Continue reading Prepare for the Fall: My Go-To Zoom Checklist

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What It’s Really Like To Drop a Class in College

This might come as a shock to some people, but college is hard. This came as a shock to me at least. I thought I would be bouncing from party to party nightly, all while successfully balancing my Pre-Med courses with ease. Oh boy, did I have a rude awakening.  I’m convinced that everyone considers dropping a class at some point in their college career, … Continue reading What It’s Really Like To Drop a Class in College

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How I Found a Community on Campus by Breaking Out of My Comfort Zone

My freshman year at Lehigh University can easily be categorized as the happiest year of my life thus far. To any anxious incoming freshman out there: I get you.  I was terrified for school to start and spent every minute leading up to move-in day worrying about how I would mimic the comfortable life I had in my hometown. Arguably, what I found to be … Continue reading How I Found a Community on Campus by Breaking Out of My Comfort Zone

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