author: molly kiefer

molly kiefer
  • making the choice

    if you are reading this post, a pretty huge congratulations is due because you did it! you got into college, and that alone is an immensely significant feat to be proud of. now, chances are, you are faced by a whole new kind of problem: making the choice. every single school, no matter how similar…

  • the seven phases of senior year

    senior year is an emotional roller coaster. i wish i could say it felt like this.   but a lot of the time it feels like this…   here’s what all you underclassmen have to look forward to:   phase one: big dogs on campus   it’s the first day of school. you drive up…

  • tricksy little questionses: how the act tests vocabulary with jargon

    what comes to mind when you see the phrase “sat word”? probably some difficult, maybe even abstruse, word that you’ve never seen before and will probably never actually use. “abstruse” might even be a good example (but it’s an adjective meaning “difficult to understand,” in case you ever need it). you may be thinking, though,…