​By definition, collegial refers to “share responsibility” or “groups of colleagues or peers.” Therefore, a large part of being a successful college student is to become a part of the different communities of college or to find the right community for YOU.

School is now in session…grab your pen, paper, and highlighter and let’s practice some active learning.

Today we are talking about Collegial Awareness…

Shout out to all the students out there who think that being in college is enough and that propinquity alone is going to somehow magically transform you into the best version of yourself (Don’t be this person)!
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Before we dive in, let’s talk a little bit about what is collegial awareness. Let’s start with some definitions:

Failure happens to us all, especially in academia. How we choose to acknowledge and handle that failure is what determines the type of person that we are. How can we make the most of our failures? How can we use failure to become the best version of ourselves?

Let’s start with a quick story...

Let’s take a few moments to talk about mentors and what Mentorship may look like in a lot of different contexts. Firstly, what is a mentor??? A mentor is anyone who possess a skill or experience that you wish to possess and who has agreed to informally share that skill or experience with you without charge and at your own pace of learning.

​QuickFix: Many people assume that mentors have to be older than them but that’s not true at all.

When coming up with this particular post topic, I was thinking a lot about the 3 things that I value most in my own life journey to achieve success, balance, and happiness. Those 3 things being: Accountability, Freedom, and Communication.

To achieve a life of success, balance and happiness, I believe that it’s important to have accountability to yourself and others, freedom to be who you are and to live life with your own flavor, and communication with others for group progress.
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With those 3 tenets in mind, I present to you my 4 Steps to Write Your Own Story which implicitly incorporate each tenet…

​The scene is set and you’ve determined that you want to go to graduate school. You have completed the GRE and utilized the “Choose the Right Graduate School Checklist” to identify the perfect school fit for your long-term career and professional development. Now the final stretch of getting into the program of your dreams is to convince that place that you are the perfect fit for them.
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So how do you do that???