My freshman year of college was one of the worst years of my entire life. It seemed like everything was going wrong and nothing like I had imagined college would be. I wanted to leave and go to ...

As I celebrate graduation from college, I look back with joy and realize that there are a few things I wish I had done differently. Even though I had a lot of fun during college and truly enjoyed it, ...

As the semester reaches its end, I have to come to terms with something that I’ve been putting off for a while now: the beginning of the end. My senior year. As I look back on my time at Cornell, I am ...

To any other freshman finishing off their first year of college, do you feel different? I certainly do. I came to BU thinking I had miraculously “found myself” by the end of high school and that now ...

Going to college is usually framed as this brand new life chapter where you magically find yourself, make lifelong friends, and live out a movie montage-worthy experience every single day. While ...

CNN Features intern Gina Park is starting her senior year at Emory University next week. I witnessed a lot of odd things during my freshman year in college: squirrels eating sub sandwiches, team ...

The summer before my freshman year of college, I worried about making friends, succeeding academically, and being away from family. But the fear that trumped them all was "the Freshman 15"—the dreaded ...

The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. On an August Sunday 35 ...

A college freshman took to Reddit for advice after her dad and stepmom said she couldn’t come home for Thanksgiving or future ...

I am a mom of a college freshman. When my daughter moved into her dorm earlier this year, it felt like we bought her ...

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Four true freshmen quarterbacks have had excellent seasons so far. It starts with Bear Bachmeier from BYU, who had the Cougars ranked inside the top 10 of the first College Football Playoff rankings.