Academics Category
The Final Final: Finals Week at Vandy!!!
Dec. 22, 2015—During a stay at Washington University at St. Louis for Multicultural Celebration Weekend, I stayed with six sophomores. As I walked around the dorm, one of them told me that her room reflected the state of her mind. During Finals week, she told me, she couldn’t even see her bed under all the clothes, papers, and books. Horrified, I swore that this would never be me.
Not for the Faint of Heart: Math 2500
Dec. 22, 2015—As I looked around on the first day of class Math 2500: Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra, thirty-nine other kids sat in the chairs in the classroom in Stevenson 1. By the time of the final exam, eighteen remained. This is the story of the first semester of the best math class offered in freshman year, called Math 2500, taught by the legend who is Professor Bruce Hughes.
Wait, Vandy doesn’t have a business major?
Dec. 20, 2015—Hello readers! Sorry I have been AWOL lately. Finals week just ended, and I’m sitting at Gate F1 at Atlanta’s airport, heading back home to New Delhi. What’s the best way to use my 90 minutes till boarding? A new post of course! Before coming to Vanderbilt, I was dead set on going down the...
The Five People You Meet During Finals
Dec. 18, 2015—And yes, those are my mechanism-covered whiteboards. I’m very proud of them. They helped me get a good grade in Orgo this semester, although I think they’re less Beautiful Mind and more like that scene in 21 Jump Street where Channing Tatum draws 4s all over the board in his Chemistry class
Think Positive
Dec. 13, 2015—Finals week in college is an interesting time. For the first time since August, it feels like everything halts. Maybe that’s a weird way of thinking about it, because the amount of studying that is occurring on this campus right now can in no way be described as a “break.” When I say that campus...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Dec. 13, 2015—Ah, finals. A season during which you can catch the college student in their most natural state (which, for me, is wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt that’s four sizes too big, hair unwashed, sitting curled up in a coffee shop somewhere as if my appearance is at all socially acceptable and frantically copying notes).
On Working Off Campus
Dec. 9, 2015—Whether you're applying for job on or off campus, working is an impressive way to gain more experience outside of the classroom.
My Love Affair with Peabody Library
Dec. 9, 2015—Central Library may have captured the heart of Taylor Swift, but Peabody Library has the love of a way more relatable person: Carly Meyers. I am right here, and I am here for you Peabody. Much love.
The Dreaded Question
Dec. 6, 2015—Why Vanderbilt is a great place for people who actually have no idea what they want to do with their lives.
What Do You Do With A B.A. In English?
Dec. 6, 2015—What do you do with a B.A. in English? At Vanderbilt, anything.
Paper Airplanes and Solar Sails: Engineering Day 2015
Dec. 5, 2015—Christmas came early for us lucky souls in the Engineering School. After months of hair-pulling caused by programming assignments and circuit designs, I received an email with a bright blue flier attached from the Engineering Council. “The Engineering Council presents: Engineering Day 2015!” Imagine my excitement. A date matched only in anticipation by the new Star Wars premiere!
The Weird, Short Few Weeks Between Thanksgiving and Winter Break
Dec. 1, 2015—Just as we get settled back in, we leave again. But even in the campus chaos that is the time between breaks, I can’t help but be thankful (maybe it’s the contagious holiday spirit, or maybe it’s the fact that Vanderbilt is just literally my favorite place on Earth).