College Admission at Loyola

This last weekend I decided that for the first time I was going to walk from the Loyola Lake Shore Campus to the Water Tower Campus. I figured it would be quite the hike and now regret the flip flops a little bit but it was definitely worth it. We started early in the day [...]

July is rapidly approaching, which means that half of my Loyola summer is officially over. Two months ago, I was stressing over my finals, and in two months, I’ll be back in the classroom, brainstorming ways that I can convince my professors to give me As (I know- a good start is by doing the [...]

One of the perks (or possibly negatives) about living on your own is that food no longer magically appears on the kitchen table at regular intervals. Because of this, and the fact that my roommates and I are trying to eat healthy, we have been keeping a Food Journal. In it, we write down new [...]

Shalom, friends. Sorry I’ve been lackluster in my blogging lately. It’s only been because I’ve been a little too busy doing this… And this… And this… Oh, and this… That’s right! I’ve been busy unpacking and setting up my bedroom in my new apartment! So, between completely moving out of my mom’s place, working a [...]

Hola readers!! My name is Yuliya Chernyavskaya, but let’s just leave things at my first name. I’m a junior at Loyola University Chicago, if you didn’t already assume that much, and I’m a double major in Marketing and Sociology. I was raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago, namely the village of Northbrook, since I [...]

This summer I am taking a photo class. While the class itself has really made me wish I could use a digital camera, I have been exploring many places I would have otherwise ignored. I’ve been able to venture all around the city for this course. Here are some of the great places I have [...]