A Day In My Life as a Senior:

9:00 AM – I like to wake up around an hour or two before my first class so I have plenty of time to eat breakfast and pick an outfit before class! I usually don’t have time to eat during the day, so I like to eat a huge breakfast. (Make sure to eat three meals a day!)

10:15 AM – My first class is “Gender, Sexuality, and Religion” which I wanted to take because I’ve never taken a religious studies course, but have heard great things about the department. Do not sleep on religious studies because they are all amazing! Special shout out to Prof. Robb and Thomas; today we learned about the complex history of the veil, specifically during the Iranian revolution.

12:00 PM – Now it’s time to walk to my Ideas of Mathematics (Math-1700) class, which is somewhat infamous amongst humanities students, but in all honestly it’s not as bad as its reputation would posit. The class is really just a bunch of puzzles that don’t require too much traditional math knowledge, and group work is encouraged, so it’s been fun meeting new people every class!

1:45 PM – I end my classes with Korean Art History, which I still can’t believe Penn offers! I ended up running into a bunch of mutuals in this class so it’s fun seeing them twice a week, on top of learning all about Korean art throughout thousands of years. We’re learning about the Silla Dynasty gold clothing, gold paintings, and more, which is super neat!

3:30 PM – After classes on Mondays, I work for the Center of East Asian Studies (one of the best places on campus imo) and we have our weekly staff meetings. We usually distribute responsibilities and I check-in about how our social media is doing.

5:00 PM – This is also a popular office hours time for my professors this semester, so I’ll usually stop by to ask questions about the course or talk about my research! On Thursdays, this is also when my Arabic Drumming class is, which is probably the first class I’ve taken purely for fun and I absolutely love it.

6:00 PM – Dinner time! I love eating alone, but whenever a friend or two wants to tag along to the dining halls or go off campus that’s always a good time as well. Today we went to get dinner at Lauder College House, which has their speciality entrees that change every day, and today it was pasta – delicious!

7:30 PM – From here on out I usually focus on finishing some assignments for the week, from papers to problem sets. I usually do my work a few days in advance and try to get as much done on the weekends too so I don’t have to grind so much during the week.

8:15 PM – I’m also an RA and we have our team meetings on Monday nights where we recap student behavior and upcoming events to be aware of in the college house. In any other situation, I would dread these, but since the other RA’s are all pretty chummy, I love seeing everyone’s face every week!

Thanks for sticking with me during my day, remember to pace yourself, eat well, drink lots of water, and spend quality time with your friends throughout the week!

-Seyoon C.