I write to you from reading period, an already strange time of freedom and tons of work all rolled in one. As a senior, it’s even stranger. On one hand, I’m sitting through ceremonies in full regalia being told that I’ve “done it,” and on the other, I can still count the number of assignments…Continue Reading Senior Assembly and Celebration
As promised, I’ve decided to have a little fun with these next few blog posts—hopefully to give you a laugh or two and to remind you that it’s totally okay to embrace the lighter side of life, even at a school known for its academic rigor. 1. Monday — The One Who Creates the Google…Continue Reading If My Week Was a Group Project, These Are the Roles We’d All Play
Classes? Over. Finals? Looming. My sanity? Questionable. Welcome to reading period — that strange stretch of time when you’re technically not in class, but definitely not on break either. It’s the academic limbo where we all collectively pretend we’re “catching up on studying,” but in reality, we’re just circling Val snacks, Googling if cold brew…Continue Reading Reading Period Has Begun… So I’m Getting a Little Unhinged
Hi readers, Are you wondering what college students wear on a daily basis? What are some closet essentials? When coming to college, I was worried about having too many clothes and not having enough at the same time. Here are some things I brought/wish I had that are important. You should bring many other clothing…Continue Reading A College Student’s Closet
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while because our site doesn’t have that many blog posts about the international student experience. In fact, I applied to be a blogger because I wanted to share about my life as an international student from Vietnam at Amherst. However, I delay writing this post until…Continue Reading The International Student Experience At Amherst
My first two years of college, I didn’t think of myself as a “club person.” I wrote for The Student (student-run newspaper) semi-regularly for a while, hosted a radio show (which didn’t turn out to be as social an activity as I thought, even though you’re literally alone in a dark room by definition…), lived…Continue Reading Zü as My Project
Okay, so this one isn’t exactly Amherst-specific… but if we’re being honest, it is deeply relatable. At some point, we’ve all found ourselves in class — laptop open, brain slightly fried — and suddenly down a rabbit hole of Google searches that have absolutely nothing to do with the PowerPoint slide in front of us….Continue Reading Things I’ve Googled During Class Instead of Taking Notes
I’ve always loved school. Learning was my escape — my way of staying hopeful and focused, even when life felt chaotic. But if I’m being honest, I’ve always had a complicated relationship with numbers. So this blog is me being vulnerable, but also that even now that I am in college I dont have everything…Continue Reading Still Learning: My Journey Through Academic Setbacks
I would not talk to anybody online before arriving. I’d save the attempts at making friends for orientation and spend the summer with my hometown friends instead of online worrying about a social life that hasn’t started yet. I would split my first semester classes between humanities/social sciences and STEM. I’d take no more than…Continue Reading If I could do it over again
Hi readers! Welcome back! Sit back, relax, and enjoy hearing about what the end of the academic year is like at Amherst. Spoiler alert…it’s difficult, but it’s also a lot of fun. Finals season at Amherst is a busy time! It is a time of reaching finish lines for different activities including both academic and…Continue Reading Finals Season at Amherst