As graduation gets closer and closer, most seniors just really want to get done with everything and take a breather. I, for example, just want to lie in bed and re-watch that last episode of Game of Thrones. That ending was great, cathartic even, since I had really...
Given that my undergraduate days are almost over, I realized…most expect me to be an adult now. You know when you have that moment of slow, shocking revelation when something bad happens and you look around the room for the adult…and you realize that’s you. Or the...
As a senior starting the Spring semester…the last semester of college, a lot of thoughts have gone through my mind. Thoughts such as, “…I actually have no idea what I am doing,” or “Health insurance? What?” And the most urgent and scary one that everyone seems bent...
Even when you’re not a senior, every final feels like some epic battle to the finish. Tying your hair back, slipping on some sweats, and pushing up those thick-rimmed glasses while you study. Then you get to that last paragraph on your research paper, you get a sudden...
Thinking back, I’ve a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Being a senior, and this probably being the last Thanksgiving I’ll get to spend with my Amherst College friends, I feel extremely grateful for the people that made it possible to come to Amherst. First...
Freshman year, my parents flew with me over to Amherst. They rented a car and helped me move in and buy the necessities. As soon as they saw my room, the look of my mom’s face said it all; I was going to live in a matchbox. The room wasn’t only oddly L-shaped, it was...
My school likes to kick us out as soon as finals are over. Finals consisted of looking at slides while throwing clothes into a box and frantically looking up storage hours. Here is a hint to all of you: Do not put all your books in one box. Because who is going to be...
I came out of my high school with a 4.0 GPA and was one of the valedictorians for our graduation. I thought I was doing alright, balanced and well-rounded academically. I did well on my AP tests, and I thought that meant I’d be okay in college. Right? I was so, so...
I remember freshman and sophomore year (when I was still lively and bright-eyed), my friends and I made plans to go everywhere and do everything. Hiking, biking, swimming, sightseeing, and shopping and wandering New York and Boston together. Now? I still want to do...
Okay, so I know I posted that my New Year's resolution was to stop ordering out so much. It failed. I...I couldn't do it. I saw those wings in all their saucy sweet onion barbeque glory and…and they just spoke out to me, whispering, “You know you want us.” A phone...