One of the most common questions I receive from incoming freshmen is: What can you do at Amherst over the weekend? I acknowledge that Amherst, compared to Boston and New York, is a relatively isolated place. You may find Downtown Amherst boring after you’ve been here for a semester, since there are only a few…Continue Reading Weekends at Amherst
Spoiler: It’s not glamorous. It’s just chaos. You know what they don’t tell you when you’re moving into college? That moving out is a full-blown emotional, logistical, and physical disaster. Right now, as I write this, everything I own is basically sitting in a pile on my dorm room floor. Clothes, notebooks, half-used candles, those…Continue Reading The Truth About Moving Out of Your First-Year Dorm
My friends from back home and I were on Facetime and I was showing them pictures of the Amherst buildings. This is what we had to say about them!! 1. Morgan Hall Vibe: Brooding dark academia with a soft side. Morgan is peak moody liberal arts. It’s giving “I write poetry at 3 a.m. by…Continue Reading Ranking Campus Buildings Based on Vibes Alone
As we are wrapping up our semester, we are also sending off our lovely seniors. During the first week of May, Amherst hosted many affinity groups’ graduation and the Senior Assembly. As you may have seen in my previous posts, the international student group at Amherst is very supportive and tight-knit. One of my favorite…Continue Reading Congratulations to Class of 2025!
Before You Read: This piece is meant to be funny — because let’s be real, the mental chaos that happens right before speaking in class deserves to be laughed at. But while you’ll definitely find some humor in the panic and overthinking, I want you to know that it’s also rooted in something real: learning…Continue Reading My Inner Monologue When I Raise My Hand in Class (Amherst Edition)
Hello hello! Welcome back to the blog. And, welcome to my last blog post of the semester!! Time really flies 🙁 But anyway, it is currently finals season here at Amherst College, which means that all of us are going justtt a little bit crazy. In honor of this kooky time of the year, I…Continue Reading Tips and Tricks to Stay Sane During Finals…Or Maybe Just Embrace the Insanity?
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
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
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