Hi everyone! I hope you had a good new year, and that you are easing into this second half of the school year! In today’s blog, I’m going to write about my very last semester of college, and all the things that come with it, from my thesis to comprehensive exams. If you have any…Continue Reading Last semester at Amherst
12/9/2023 Hi everyone! I hope you are well! In this week’s blog, I’m going to write a little about my process writing a French thesis at Amherst College. I foresee this being a little bit of a series – today, I’ll write about how I was accepted to write a thesis and the work I…Continue Reading Writing a thesis
2/17/2023 Hi everyone, I hope you are well! I studied abroad last semester in Paris, and am so happy to be back at Amherst this spring. I thought for this week’s blog I would talk about my experience reintegrating at Amherst, and my first couple weeks of classes. Please email me at sgoldsmith24@amherst.edu if you have any…Continue Reading Coming back to campus after studying abroad
Hi everyone, I hope you are well! For this week’s blog, I interviewed my friend Giulia. She is a French and Psychology double major, and I thought it could be interesting to hear her point of view as a purely humanities student, as opposed to mine, a humanities and STEM student. If you have any…Continue Reading Interview with a Psych and French Double Major
Hi everyone! During the week before finals at Amherst, we have a few days of classes and a few days to prepare for exams. These few days to study are called Reading Period, and they are so so helpful in managing several assignments and tests that occur/are due during finals week. In this blog, I’m…Continue Reading Reading Period and Finals for French and Bio double major
Hi! My name is Sophie Goldsmith (she/her), and I am a senior at Amherst College. I currently live in Atlanta, but grew up in Tampa, FL. I’m a biology and French double major, and am on the pre-med track. I am the president of Amherst’s Democrats club, am on the Hillel e-board, and participate in the…Continue Reading Sophie Goldsmith ’24 — Introduction
Hello! Welcome to my first-week-of-classes blog post. I’m writing this before my Friday classes start during the first week. This week has been a flurry of finding my classes (even though I’m a sophomore, this is the first time I’ve ever had to find classrooms), dealing with a wasp debacle in my room, catching up…Continue Reading First Week of Classes