With finals inevitably approaching, the pressure to get good grades is becoming more and more unbearable. I found senior Camille Rogers staked out in the Dyson Café with what appeared to be a look of determination, and large stack of Psychology books.

Camille (on the left) studying in Dyson Cafe

“This is the second class I’m skipping today,” she told me. “I’m studying for a test at 6:30.”

Skipping a class to study for another class. I wish I could say I haven’t heard of students doing this before, but I have. The pressure to get homework done in addition to the pressure of finding an internship for the spring and a job after graduation is enough to keep a student up at night.
“The stress is unbearable,” says Rogers. “I feel guilty for skipping class but studying is just taking priority over my one-credit elective classes right now.”