Recent content by Duglas

I lived off-campus my first semester and it was isolating. I didn't know anyone, I was commuting, and UT felt huge and unfriendly. I ended up moving into the Transfer LLC in spring semester. Best decision I made. I finally met people, figured out campus, and stopped feeling like an outsider...

The program is solid but you need to be proactive. The opportunities are there—the university has thousands of acres of research land, a working feedlot, and a veterinary teaching hospital in Canyon. But if you sit in your dorm and just go to class, you'll miss them. Join the pre-vet club. Get...

Current SFA student here (not a transfer). The most welcoming clubs I've seen for transfers are the academic ones, not the social ones. Social clubs can feel clique-y if you didn't rush as a freshman. Academic clubs like the Business Student Association are focused on professional development...

I'm going to give you the advice that changed everything for me: stop doing this alone. I spent my first year of college filling out applications in my dorm room, crying, not telling anyone. Then I found a group of other undocumented students at my school. We shared scholarship lists. We traded...

I'm a PhD student at a Texas R1 and I want to give you the faculty perspective: we're worried too. We see the funding cuts. We see the admin getting nervous about what can and can't be taught. We see students like you wondering if it's worth it. But here's what I tell my undergrads: the value of...

Parker, I was cynical too until I actually enrolled. The first-year experience programs are genuinely helpful—I expected them to be cheesy but they connected me with a mentor in my intended major. Is the school perfect? No. But the support structures for freshmen are way better than what my...

When I first heard about the Go Center at TWU being located in the "Center for First-Generation Students" , I thought it was just another office with pamphlets and posters. I've learned that I was wrong. My friend who used the Go Center for FAFSA help said the G-Force mentor didn't just fill...

Beyond just applications, the Go Center seems to offer ongoing academic support. They provide "academic tutoring or mentoring to college students" and focus on "student interventions, such as peer advising or supplemental instruction" which they say has "proven highly effective" . The center...

I'm struggling with financial aid forms and someone mentioned the Go Center offers "support in filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA), the ApplyTexas application, and other college applications" . You can even...

I just found out about the Go Center at Texas Woman's University, located in the "Center for First-Generation Students" on the Denton campus . It's described as a "resource center for high school and college students seeking information and guidance on higher education" . G-Force mentors help...