Hi everyone, I hope you are well! In this blog, I thought I would write a little about how my semester is going, and give an update about what the rest of the semester holds as I approach graduation. Please email me at sgoldsmith24@amherst.edu if you have any questions! Classes My classes, unfortunately, are a…Continue Reading A mid-semester update
If there’s one thing students get stressed out about in college the most, it must be finals. Sure, a lot of students have gone through the finals experience during high school, but during college, it’s a lot more intense. This is because in the weeks leading up to finals, for classes that don’t have scheduled…Continue Reading The Finals Week Experience
A benefit of attending a college in a small town is the opportunity to get involved with the local community. Though a few college events are open to the members of the Amherst town, all events hosted by the Amherst community are open to the students. This includes the weekly farmer’s market during early fall…Continue Reading Getting Involved in the Local Community
A huge part of my time at Amherst has been playing for the women’s golf team. It’s an important part of my student identity because, in season, I typically spend 3 hours every weekday and countless hours during weekends when we’re playing at tournaments and staying at hotels together. The women’s golf team has been…Continue Reading Sports Options at Amherst
Hi everybody, happy pi day! I hope you are all doing well. In this blog, I’m going to write about the way pi day is celebrated at Amherst College, both my freshman year (the only year I remember how they celebrated) and today, during my senior year. If you have any questions, please email me…Continue Reading Pi Day at Amherst College
For some people, college is the first time that they’re sharing a living space with someone else. Though there are often a few students who can get single dorm rooms thanks to accomodations, most people end up living in doubles, which can be a single room or two connected rooms. First-years don’t get to choose…Continue Reading Dorm Life with a Roommate
Hi everyone, I hope you are well! In this week’s blog, I’m going to write about a saga that recently came to pass at Amherst College: the battle for bagels. If you have any questions, please email me at sgoldsmith24@amherst.edu! Tandem Bagels Every Saturday for the last couple years, Val, the dining hall, has offered…Continue Reading Bagels at Amherst: A Saga
Hi everyone, I hope you are well! In this blog, I’m going to talk about different study spots on campus, and rank them from most social to least social. Different studying calls for different environments – I know sometimes I prefer to study with friends, but other times I need absolute silence. There are places…Continue Reading Ranking Study Spots
Whenever someone asks me about why I love Amherst so much, I always answer that it’s the people who really make the school so wonderful, and that’s definitely the case when it comes to professors. In high school, I didn’t really form a lot of meaningful connections with teachers, partly because of COVID, and as…Continue Reading What Makes Amherst Professors Special
Many Amherst Latinx students, including myself, painted Newport’s new mural this semester. Before I arrived at Amherst College, the Newport basement had a different mural by different artists at the time. Newport is a dorm catered to Latinx students and La Casa (an attachment to Newport) is catered to Spanish-speaking students. The Amherst Latinx students…Continue Reading Mural in Newport Grand Opening