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We are not here to understand our role immediately. We are here to enter a world of possibility, to be the impostor and welcome the stranger.

If these traditions revolve around stressing about a point here or there, it tells us that being a Bear means living an anxious academic life.

It made me feel out of control like phantom hands were controlling a marionette doll — except the doll was me, and the hands were my own brain.

I made a choice in the span of a second with the burden of a ticking clock weighing on my shoulders. Stupid mistakes are inevitable.

 I was somewhat aware of my erratic pursuits of dopamine and novel stimuli, but the problem was that there wasn’t a language in my culture to identify and to describe these issues, and certainly not in a healthy, constructive way.

Here are a few things you can do to get your heart pumping that do not require you to listen to a spin instructor talk about finding your “inner dragon.”

The ending of my freshman year was about as anticlimactic as me closing my laptop, but I did feel slightly relieved that a part of it was over. Yet with this relief, I realized that one crucial emotion was missing: pride.

Falling behind during normal semesters is rough. But we can’t press pause — lectures go on regardless. Online, however, there’s always tomorrow.

Now that I’ve finally figured it out, I thought I’d share some of my tips with you so we can all receive "gold stars" throughout the semester.

Going to office hours can be intimidating, but it’s so worth it. There are zero cons and a billion pros, including better grades and more opportunities!