As an English major suffering from a serious case of senioritis, I barely have enough words left in my brain to finish my three final papers, much less write a cohesive Consider post that readers can get anything out of. Therefore, I’ll do the next best thing and leave you all with the 13 things I would [...]

The relentless abundance of emails about graduation has really got me thinking lately. In four and a half weeks I will be standing in the Big House in my cap and gown, about to officially be dubbed a University of Michigan alumna. But then what? I find it hard to plan tomorrow without planning the [...]

The last thing most Michigan seniors want to think about it is what we’re going to be doing on May 4th. Don’t ask us about graduation, what our future plans are, or where we’ll be living this time next year. We don’t want to talk about it. When my friend’s dad came to visit this weekend and hugged [...]

A few nights ago, I casually told my boyfriend I scheduled my senior portrait sitting for the yearbook.  To this he responded, “What is this? High school?” I was skeptical when my parents urged me to have my senior pictures taken a couple months ago, after the persistent emails they received about senior graduation events.  Was this [...]

I remember receiving my acceptance to the University of Michigan as if it happened yesterday, despite the four years that separate that day from now. Looking back though, I wish I could advise myself, and every other student that attends any institution of higher education, to change one thing about their decision to go to college. My advice: Take [...]

A year with no winter or a year with endless snow?  A year full of cheese curds or a year full of pad Thai? Wisconsin football or Thai…whatever sport they play over there? These are the decisions I’m grappling with as I hesitantly meander my way toward a cap and gown, and I’m terrified. Now, neither of [...]