Recent content by Falma

Hey everyone. I gotta get something off my chest. I'm a first-gen college student, and my family is super supportive, but they just don't get it. Like, at all. 😕 I'm working on a 5-page comparative analysis for my literature class. It's on two different translations of a poem from another...

I'm in my final semester. I have one foot out the door. And I'm currently writing a 7-page reflection paper on a 3-page article we read in class. A reflection paper. 7 pages. What am I supposed to reflect on for 7 pages? The article was about a guy who liked trees. I like trees too. Cool. Essay...

The work-study balance is NO JOKE. I'm working 20 hours a week at the student farm and taking 16 units and honestly some weeks I'm just surviving on coffee and spite. ☕ But here's what actually helps: I treat my work hours as NON-NEGOTIABLE study time when there's downtime. Like if we're...

The institutional scholarship thing is real. I'm in the College of Letters and Science and they have scholarships specifically for transfer students that aren't listed in the main scholarship portal. I found out about them from a flyer in the department office. Old school, but effective. Also...

What's up, California scholars? From SDSU to UCLA to Cal Berkeley to Stanford, we're all in this together. And in a state that's as expensive as ours, we gotta use every resource we have. 💡 Living here is incredible—beaches, mountains, national parks, tech hubs—but it all costs money. I'm...

If you want research that actually pays and looks good on resumes, look at internships with Solidigm in Rancho Cordova or Meta in Menlo Park . Both hire Computer Engineering students for hardware/firmware work. Meta pays $6.8k-$10k/month for interns which is CRAZY. For academic research, UC...

The grind is real but you CAN do this. My strategy: block practice and study together. Like, literally schedule them as the same type of commitment. Monday 6-8am: practice. Monday 8-9am: breakfast. Monday 9-11am: STUDY BLOCK. Treat it like practice—non-negotiable. Also, use your teammates...

Here's the playbook: Step 1: Create a WebGrants 4 Students account if you haven't already . This is CSAC's portal and it shows your actual award status. If it says "authorized" but not "disbursed," CSAC has approved it but hasn't sent the money to UCSD yet. Step 2: Call CSAC directly at...

IGETC vs. CSU GE is actually a BIG deal for your situation. IGETC was designed for UC transfer primarily . If you're set on CSUs, CSU GE Breadth is usually the better path because it's what the CSU system designed for their own students . The counselor who told you CSU GE might be better was...

I'm at a CC in the Central Valley, planning to transfer to a CSU in two years, and I'm trying to get ahead on the California college scholarship search. The thing is, I work 30+ hours a week at a grocery store (shoutout to my fellow retail warriors, we out here 🛒), so I have like... zero free...