By Fiorella Gargiulo – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law graduate Ashley Coretti has taken on college life at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Coretti applied to multiple schools in Pittsburgh and is majoring in Accounting.

“Being an Accounting major, it’s definitely a lot to learn, but it’s interesting,” Coretti said. “Being a part of the business school is going to open up a lot of opportunities for me in the future, which is what I’m looking forward to.”

Coretti has had to completely change her routine and has found ways to make it easier.

“Being so far from home, it was definitely a big adjustment,” Coretti said. “Making new friends and being so close to the Penguins really made the adjustment easy, and I’m having too much fun out here.”

It has also been hard for Coretti’s family to adjust to her temporary departure.

“It’s a lot different around the house without Ashley,” sophomore Taylor Coretti said. “It’s very quiet now, and I can’t wait for her to come home.” 

Coretti has also found it easy to create a social life outside of her actual classes. 

“Making new friends was actually really easy,” Coretti said. “I hang out with the same group of people every day since I’ve gotten here.”

Coretti was also a part of the varsity girls soccer team during her four years at Law. Head coach Mrs. Francisco misses her look at life and bubbly personality.

“Even if she didn’t have the best game or the most minutes, or even if she was having a bad day, she always took everything with a grain of salt and always had that outward appearance of everything being OK and was very positive about things,” Francisco said. “I miss her, and I hope she is thriving at Duquesne.”

Coretti thinks that the hardest part of this new change is how far she is from home.

“For me, the hardest part of college is being so far from my family and friends back home,” Coretti said. “It’s crazy how one day I’m home with everyone I love, and then the next day I’m seven hours away.”

Coretti is happy with the choices she made and is excited to continue her journey at Duquesne.

“But I’ve really grown to love college and everything that goes with it,” Coretti said. “I have a good group of friends, and the school work itself isn’t bad, which is good.”