This past week saw another disruption to the norm as Stevens closed campus and students were sent home. There were some eerie similarities between the water main fiasco and the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic three springs ago.
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Senioritis is an Opinion column written by one or two Stevens student(s) in their last year of study to discuss life experiences during their final year at Stevens, and other related subject matter.
The midterm rush is approaching and I have about four midterms in the week leading up to spring break. Midterms are a pivotal part of the academic calendar, serving as a midpoint assessment of a student’s progress in a course.
I am quite lucky that, despite being a double major, I am finished with most of the requirements to receive undergraduate degrees in mathematics and physics after this semester.
This is the final semester of my Stevens career, but that does not mean I’m familiar with the ins and outs of Hoboken.
This weekend, I ended up doing very little substantive work on class assignments or other tasks I had on my to-do list.
When I was a first-year student, I was so excited to begin my biomedical engineering curriculum at Stevens. The idea of planning my own schedule and taking many medically specialized courses excited me.
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home.”
This past Saturday, I hit the submit button on all my applications for Ph.D. programs in mathematics. I ended up applying to five schools, which was narrowed down from the 10 or so schools I had on the shortlist for much of the fall semester.
It’s about that time of year again. Students are back from a Thanksgiving holiday that gave them a taste of what it felt like not to focus on school every hour.
The middle of October to the middle of November has always been the busiest time of the fall semester for me.