College is full of twists and turns, ups and downs, and an occasional loopty-loop thrown in for good measure. You might be a current college student who is experiencing motion sickness on the roller coaster that is student life.
Posts published in “Mind of a Freshman”
Mind of a Freshman is an Opinion column written by one or two first-year Stevens students to discuss life experiences during their time at Stevens, and other related subject matter.
Eyes tell stories. If you had looked into my eyes on the day of my high school graduation, you would have seen that the last thing I wanted to do after I received my diploma was to ever think about the last four years again.
As a rising freshman, I was prepared to receive questions regarding my major, school choice, and future career aspirations. My answers were fairly standard and consistent when asked about these topics.
We progress through life in stages. In each stage, we dedicate all of our time toward preparing ourselves for the next one.
There’s something dark chocolate and endings have in common; the good ones are distinctly bittersweet. Not overly saturated, just bittersweet and realistic in an “all good things must come to an end” kind of fashion.
There’s a cherry blossom tree that decorates the front yard of my house. It magically sprouts pink flowers every spring. I take it as an annual reminder that my favorite season has decided to join us — humanity feels lighter in the springtime.
All it took was a single blink for us to time travel all the way to April. Now here we are, registering for fall classes is around the corner and we’re a block away from finals.
Well, it finally looks like the Freshman Plague (aka freshmanitis) that goes around each year finally got Snevets to close its doors.
“World’s greatest inventions” as a Google search produces hundreds of millions of results in a split second. There are a dozen websites on the first page alone (because everyone knows you just don’t go to the second page of Google), all of which have their own list on what exactly the world’s greatest inventions are.
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is, to most, a well-known and often encountered question. Some might even consider it along the lines of lighthearted interrogation especially if coming from someone who has—get this—expectations as to what one might be.