Hello everyone! I’m writing from a cold, snowy Amherst moving at half speed. We’re still a week out from the start of classes, and the only people on campus are those either doing research, working campus jobs, or writing theses. We’re very fortunate that Amherst allows us to stay on campus with a meal plan…Continue Reading January Thesis Work
Hi readers, Last week (January 2nd) I returned to campus for an EMT-training course. ACEMS, a student-run, on-campus EMT organization, runs the course. ACEMS allows students to apply for J-Term (january-term) EMT training yearly. An EMT course usually costs between $1,200-$2000. ACEMS offers the course, testing, and training for free! An EMT course typically runs…Continue Reading J-Term EMT Training
One thing that’s vastly different about high school versus college is the length of time you get for breaks. It’s typical to get almost all of January off, making winter break about 4-5 weeks long (my freshman year, we had a late start to the second semester due to Covid, so the break was six…Continue Reading Winter Break in Baltimore and J-Term in Amherst
Though winter break for Amherst is only two weeks long, usually students view winter break as a one-month-and-a-half long break simply because January term, known as J-Term, starts after winter break and ends right when the spring semester starts. As someone from the West Coast, having J-Term feels strange as lots of my high school…Continue Reading January Term
After spending your first month at Amherst, you start wondering what you will major in. In my position as a first year in my second semester, I can attest to the anxiety of knowing what you “will be” after college. My appreciation for spending the week before my first week of school with the AHA…Continue Reading AHA! (Arts and Humanities in Action)
Hello, guys, gals, and nonbinary pals! Welcome back to my blog! I just want to start off by apologizing for my absence. I had a very hectic last two weeks of the semester, and then immediately winter break started, which happens to be the topic of this blog: what I did over winter break and…Continue Reading Winter Break and J-term Recap
Hi everyone! I hope you had a good winter break and are getting back into the swing of school! In this blog, I’m going to talk about my winter break and experiences with January term (J-term) at Amherst College. Please email me at sgoldsmith24@amherst.edu if you have any question at all. Winter Break I spent…Continue Reading Winter Break and January Term
Hi everyone! I hope you are doing well, and hanging in there – the end of the semester is so close! In this blog, I’m going to talk about J-term, the short semester during the month of January that I think is pretty unique to Amherst. Please email me at sgoldsmith24@amherst.edu with any questions! What…Continue Reading J-Term at Amherst College