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By: Alejandra Rojas

Senior year is a time for learning and growing. It’s a time where everything you have done in high school will pay off when you receive your college acceptance letter. You may have heard this a million times from your teachers and counselors, but senior year is not as easy as it is cracked up to be. As a senior I have found this year to be the most difficult I have ever encountered. Between taking an early morning college class, completing a senior project, applying to college, writing essays and senioritis, I found myself lost amidst all of the chaos.

By: Antonio Hernandez

It's SAT and ACT season, and deadlines are approaching!

The deadlines have been posted on the CollegeBoard website, and there you can register. If you have missed the registration date for the March 13th SAT, you can do standby testing by showing up to the test site with your payment and registration form.

By: Antonio Hernandez

My name is Antonio Hernandez and I’m a junior at Towson University. I commute to Towson twice a week to attend class from 9:30 to 6:15. I work part-time weekends and nights. It’s already the middle of February and deadlines are approaching for summer internships and fall scholarships. All of these obligations are pretty much self-seeking- I want to graduate with my degree, make money and network to hopefully land a job.

 What gives me the most sense of accomplishment and meaning is my involvement with the HCF. As of the date that I’m writing this, I’m in my second week of volunteering/interning at the HCF office in DC, primarily with the Hispanic Youth Institute. My first introduction to the HCF was when I became a Resident Assistant at the Hispanic Youth Symposium at Towson in 2008. Immediately, I was moved by what I saw- from the HCF staff working diligently to make sure the HYS was running as smooth as possible and the dozens of volunteers (alumni, professionals) committed to helping these students- and by what I did- mentoring and inspiring Latino high school students to attend college and seeing how much change can happen in a matter of days.