An important part of my experience at Amherst is my time on the Women’s Golf Team. We’re in season at the beginning of fall and at the end of spring. Since there’s a large population of athletes at Amherst, I thought it might be helpful to illustrate an example of a day in my life during this previous fall season.
At 7:30 a.m., I woke up and quickly prepared for the day before walking to the Alumni gym from my dorm in Cohan. At 8 a.m., I started lifts with a few other members of the women’s team, and we went through the routine that the gym trainer designed for us, which ended at around 9 a.m. Since the Alumni gym is next to the Lyceum, where the office of Professor Peralta, for whom I’m a research assistant, is, I dropped off a book that I finished transcribing for her at her office before I got breakfast at around 9:30 with a few friends. Then, from 10 a.m. until noon, I worked at the Writing Center, staffing the welcome desk at our new space. At noon, I stopped by Keefe to get Grab-n-Go and meet up with friends to maybe grab Val for lunch, too, if we like what’s on the menu.
At 1 p.m., I headed to a classroom in the Beneski Museum to take my Microeconomics class for an hour. At 2 p.m., I went to the Science Center for my Personality Psychology class, which lasted an hour and a half. After class ended, I sat in the Science Center and did some homework for about 20 minutes before I walked to the Alumni gym and got changed for practice. The women’s team left in a van for practice at 4 p.m. sharp, and we arrived at The Orchards, the golf course we practice and play at frequently, around 4:30 p.m. and started playing a round of 9 holes to qualify for the weekend tournament. The round itself took about 2 hours, meaning we finished playing the 9 holes around 6:30 p.m., and we got back on campus around 7 p.m.
Once I put my clubs back into the locker room, I headed to Val to grab dinner quickly before I returned to my dorm to attend office hours with my Personality Psychology professor on Zoom. I had a few questions about the essay that I was turning in on Friday instead of the following Monday since I was missing class on Monday because the women’s team was traveling to Kentucky to play a tournament.
The professor was very happy to help out and answer all the questions I had. Then, I started working on homework until about 10:30 p.m., when I finally got ready to sleep. A typical day in the season is usually about as busy as this, and being a student-athlete has led me to build really strong time-management skills so I can manage to get everything done.