There are a lot of reasons why syllabus week is awesome; it’s the first time you’ve been reunited with your friends since break, you get to party every night, and your teachers don’t expect a lot from ...

I don’t know if the people at Tackle Box during happy hour feel the same way, but this is one of the most important weeks of the semester for me. One of the best presents Georgetown gives to its ...

The first week of a semester, aka syllabus week, is a new, different and exciting experience for incoming freshmen. For most freshmen, it’s usually their first time attending school on their own, or ...

The first week of classes, AKA syllabus week, is notorious for being the "easy" week of college. Your professors tend to use class time to go over the syllabi (hence the nickname), and not assign too ...

Ingrid J. Paredes is a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at New York University. You can find her on Twitter @ingridjoylyn. At the beginning, however, I was weary. The course sought to introduce ...

Welcome, to the first week of classes at the University of Massachusetts, or as we call it — syllabus week, or sylly week for short! The first week is called syllabus week because it’s not as ...

Every semester at Brown, new and returning students are subjected to a two-week academic crucible, otherwise known as shopping period. Some cruise through it on the back of a strong preregistration ...

Do you feel like you’re in a bit of a slump? Is the realization that you might actually have to do work this semester bringing you down? Are you unnecessarily disappointed that your professor didn’t ...