College Admission at Loyola

Thanksgiving.  During the year, probably the holiday I look forward to most.  This year, it had special meaning for me.  Of course, I had a chance to go home, but it was the first time I was able to be home with my two younger sisters since we all left for college.  In fact, it [...]

I can here the Christmas On Campus bells. Yes folks thats right, IT’S BACK! Christmas On Campus 2012! Christmas On Campus is an event that a core group of my friends and I founded at Loyola last year. My friends Nic and Alex did it at their high school and thought that it would be a [...]

This last weekend I volunteered at the Chicago Marathon. While waking up at 3am might not be the best thing to do on a Sunday, there is one moment that makes it all worth it. Its that moment when you realize the accomplishments of these people running. Some have their own reasons for running and [...]

One of the student organizations that I am involved with here at Loyola is UNICEF. 19,000 children die every day of preventable causes and UNICEF fights for this number to become zero. UNICEF has saved more young lives than any humanitarian organization in the world. Loyola’s chapter of UNICEF meets every Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. [...]

It’s early September and that’s my favorite time in Chicago… that transition from summer to fall where the weather is not too hot, but still cool enough to wear shorts and sandals.  I am making the most out it, trying to get as much as I can in before it gets cold. Whether it be basking [...]

4:30 am, the morning of daylight savings and I was up and ready to go. Today was the Fight for Air Climb race, a stair race where competitors  run the 180 floors of the four presidential towers. Unfortunately I was not running today, I was volunteering, the race is set up to raise money for [...]

It’s the first Monday back from spring break and getting back into the school routine couldn’t be harder. My week in Nicaragua was more amazing than I could have imagined and my mind is definitely not in the mood to write the Shakespeare essay that I have to do tonight. So, instead of talking about [...]

Only two days until spring break! In the midst of midterms and many papers, it is the light at the end of my tunnel. This year I am going on a mission trip to Nicaragua from March 3 to March 10 and I could not be more excited! The trip has been organized by one [...]

This semester I have been lucky enough to volunteer as a tutor each week at a Jesuit school in Chicago! The organization that has made this possible is Loyola 4 Chicago. Loyola 4 Chicago is a program in Loyola’s Center for Community Service and Action, that provides opportunities for students to work with nearby communities [...]

Over the past three years I have been involved in countless different service projects. From Loyola, to Chicago and even throughout the world there has really been an infinite amount of opportunities placed in front of me. This last weekend I went to the animal shelter, PAWS Chicago, and spent some time taking care of [...]