
One of the most distinctive parts of the Dartmouth academic experience is our ten-week quarter system, and here are some reasons why I love it!

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One of the most distinctive parts of the Dartmouth academic experience is our ten-week quarter system, and here are some reasons why I love it!
This is it, lovelies. Week 10. How the term has flown by! Finals week is stressful, and that brings me to my point for today's post: finding the little things to motivate you through stress and bring your commitments into perspective.
The upperclassmen tell me the snow is going to get old fast, but I've never lived in New England, so I couldn't help but snag a few pictures like everyone seeing snow for the first time (I'm talking to you, LA-dwellers).
Here are a few of the things that keep my spirits high during finals week.
Long before I began applying to college, I’d heard from older friends about the struggles of finals week: lengthy exams worth a quarter of your grade, research papers, and a general lack of sleep to accompany high stress levels.
Since about mid-January, I've tried to take one-second videos of each day as a way of documenting my life. This video covers three weeks (the first twelve seconds are on campus, the rest are off) and basically the content below!
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In less than eight hours, my wonderful course on electricity and magnetism will come to a close, and so will my winter term. I'll be done before noon, spend a couple of days at home, and then finally fly off to Las Vegas to climb with the Mountain
Finals approach. Stress is in the air. Good spots in the library are becoming more and more difficult to come by, and KAF lines seem to stretch for miles.