Senior Year: Graduation Fear

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

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...

Christmas Countdown and Graduating Early?

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

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...

Gasp! I'm a senior!

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

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...

The Senior Thesis

by Joseph Dingman

Thesis? I first heard of this strange abstraction during my first year of college.  In my second year, I met lonely seniors in the college library working on what sounded like an impossible project. When you are a second year in college, “thesis” still...

Slow On Down

by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13

So this week has been pretty crazy and stressful for me. Research projects, classes, graduate school applications, and life in general has been building up and driving me crazy! As stressful as it has been, it has reminded me of something I often forget about. My...