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 ...

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 ...

Congrats! You beat college move-in day and your student is officially a freshman at the university of their choice. For them, it's a new environment, new experiences every day, and a whole lot of new ...

Fall on campus always feels like a fresh start. There is a buzz that surrounds the new freshman class, who step into the unknown with a mix of excitement and uncertainty. Each year in college brings ...

As the college year begins again, I am reminded of how some simple and effective parental advice can influence a freshman’s journey. Millions of freshmen will begin their college journeys across the 6 ...

There’s no roadmap for college—no manual for balancing classes, making friends, managing stress, or figuring out what really matters. In this special summer edition of Major Insight, students reflect ...

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 ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. When I was in elementary school, there were four trees ...

On an August Sunday 35 years ago, I moved into my freshman-year college dorm. My parents, who had traveled with me from Southern California to New England, took me to buy my first winter coat and snow ...

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 ...