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More Study Breaks!

Apr. 29, 2011—Studying for finals can get pretty boring/intense/repetitive, so I try to make sure I take sufficient breaks to maintain sanity.

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The Beauty of Finals Week

Apr. 28, 2011—Last year, I posted a blog about some of positives to finals week at Vandy.  This list still holds true a year later (click here to read the post), but I wanted to take a minute to share some of great things that have been going on recently around campus.  Click here to read Erica’s...

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Mayfield Orientation

Apr. 26, 2011—As I’ve mentioned before, I’m living in a Mayfield next year. We had our Mayfield Orientation tonight, which consisted of ice-breaking, team building, and elections, not to mention delicious catered food.

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Holi

Apr. 10, 2011—Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, is one of the most popular celebrations of the year for people of the Hindu faith. It is considered one of the happiest days of the year and this past Saturday, Vanderbilt’s Masala-SACE student organization hosted their very own Holi event on the lawn in front of...

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My Best Advice

Dec. 31, 2010—2010 was quite an eventful year for me. Not only did I start college, but I successfully survived my first semester! Though my grades were not as high as I hoped the would have been, I have learned so much more outside of the classroom than I ever expected. Here, I give you the few...

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Here We Go Again

Dec. 2, 2010—The end of the year stress has officially hit.  You’d think by my fifth semester here I would be used to it by now. But no, it gets me every time.   Looking ahead the next couple of weeks is very overwhelming. Final papers, presentations, exams, oh my. Good news though: I don’t have to do...

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How to Survive Finals Week 101

Apr. 29, 2010—Being in the middle of my 6th finals week here at Vanderbilt, I thought I would impart some of the wisdom I have learned over the past three years about how to survive this stressful week. Each of my finals weeks have been very different; some have been full of tests, while others full of...

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Thinking Positive

Apr. 29, 2010—Finals week always sounds dreadful.  As classes come to an end, work builds up.  Essays, projects, presentations, exams – the workload is never openly welcomed.  However, there can be a few good things about finals week…

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1 More Year…

Apr. 26, 2010—I would like to expand on Seth’s point in his most recent post, asking the question, “Are we done already???” And would like to emphasize how much it is freaking me out too! Seth… just you wait… its going to start going by faster and faster and FASTER and before you know it, you will...

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My Professors are So COOL!

Apr. 14, 2010—I think that one of the best things about the end of the semester is those last few classes where my professors like to share their life stories! Now, not all of them will spend 30 minutes talking about their past jobs and experiences, but sometimes you will get lucky enough to get them off...

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