Today at Morning Muster, four East-West alumnae came to speak to our students about life in college and to offer advice.
"College is hard, a lot harder than you probably think it is, but it's a lot of fun," said Helen Peng, a current freshman at Syracuse University.
The four college freshmen concurred that while their classes are hard and their schedules often full, college is much different from high school. They talked about the highs and lows of living in dorms and making time to join clubs. One big word of advice: "I wish I had worked on my writing more in school. You have to write at least 1 or 2 papers a week in college."
Let's get those pencils cracking! Thank you to Alexis Gordon, Melissa Best, Helen Peng, and Hawa Lee for visiting and speaking to our students our college. They are from the class of 2010, the first class to graduate from East-West, and they attend Boston University, CUNY Hunter, Marymount Manhattan College, and Syracuse University.
UPDATE: They will be returning next week to speak to our middle school students about college!