As the fall semester approaches an end, I think it’d be worthwhile to reflect on how my fall semester experience during my sophomore year differed from my fall semester experience during my freshman year. Though these two experiences are only one year apart, I think that they’re drastically contrasting, especially since the first semester at…Continue Reading Fall Freshman Year vs Fall Sophomore Year
I wouldn’t believe it if you told me during my first semester here at Amherst College that I’d have three student jobs the very next semester. Yet, by the end of the second semester, I was happily working all three current jobs. Of course, having student jobs takes up a lot of time, but I…Continue Reading Student Jobs at Amherst
Hello guys, gals, and non-binary pals! This past week I’ve been thinking about what my day-to-day life was like in New Zealand outside of classes, and I wanted to share some things that I got up to. I had so much more free time than I was used to, which gave me the opportunity to…Continue Reading What’s it like to live in Christchurch?
An important part of my experience at Amherst is my time on the Women’s Golf Team. We’re in season at the beginning of fall and at the end of spring. Since there’s a large population of athletes at Amherst, I thought it might be helpful to illustrate an example of a day in my life…Continue Reading Day in the Life During Season
For those who regularly keep up with my blog posts, this post is going to be a little different. I’m currently a sophomore, but I started this job during my first semester here at Amherst. At the time, I was still adjusting to college life, and before I officially started working as a student blogger,…Continue Reading Things I Wish I Knew About Amherst
11/14/2023 Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog! I hope you are having a great fall – if you’re a senior, I know college application season is really ramping up and must be stressful. You’re doing great. In my blog today, I want to write about the marathon I ran last weekend, and the support…Continue Reading Running a marathon
As my first year at Amherst College comes to an end, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on my experience. Moving from the Bay Area to Western Massachusetts was definitely a shift, and I remember navigating and processing the giant move during the adjustment period during orientation and my first few weeks…Continue Reading Reflection of First Year at Amherst College
5/5/2023 Hi everyone, I hope you are well! For the last few weeks, as the semester wraps up, I’ve been feeling pretty exhausted and unmotivated. I thought that for this week’s blog I’d talk about my experiences with burnout, and how the College attempts to minimize its affects on students. If you have any questions,…Continue Reading Burnout
As I mentioned in my blog post about my favorite restaurants and stores in Downtown Amherst, Formosa is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Amherst, but there are a few Chinese restaurants in Amherst. Formosa is my favorite because the way they cook Lo Mein is similar to how the restaurant I used to get that…Continue Reading Chinese Restaurants at 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