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Straight Talk: Becoming a small fish in a large collegiate pond

Straight Talk: Becoming a small fish in a large collegiate pond

by Sheridan Tobin, Winged Post Editor-In-Chief May 4, 2015

If you had asked me a year ago where I thought I’d be next fall, I would have said something along the lines of “a small or midsize school somewhere in California.” By about last November, I’d...

Stanford Professor Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu speaks to juniors and seniors about discovering who they are. After months of contemplating similar questions with my personal statement, I couldnt help but feel a little disheartened that I still didnt have an answer.

Straight Talk: Experiences necessary in self-definition

by Sheridan Tobin, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2014

“Who are you? No, not ‘What do you do?’” When Stanford professor Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu spoke to the Upper School two weeks ago, he spent the majority of his presentation encouraging students...

Straight Talk: Taking a step back

Straight Talk: Taking a step back

by Sheridan Tobin, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief September 1, 2014

I may have turned 17 in June, but I definitely had a 7-year-old’s summer. Unlike many of my classmates, I wasn’t in a lab and I wasn’t taking courses for college credit. I was at summer camp. Granted,...

Straight Talk: New York State of Mind

by Sheridan Tobin, Winged Post Opinion Editor April 4, 2014

A never-ending flow of rushing people dressed in black peacoats storms through the Grand Central Station turnstiles, each one bee lining towards a different track. Navigating the subway station during...

Straight Talk: Not so standardized testing

by Sheridan Tobin, Winged Post Opinion Editor March 12, 2014

“I decided freshman year that I wasn’t going to play the game,” she said. “I didn’t even study for my SAT.” At first, my friend’s bold statement was shocking—not studying for the SAT?...

Straight Talk

Straight Talk

by Sheridan Tobin, Winged Post Opinion Editor January 27, 2014

  I’ve overheard conversations between students who don’t even want to talk about colleges or internships they’re applying to and extracurriculars they’re joining solely because they fear...

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