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Talk to your academic advisor and your professor right away. See what your options are to bring your grade up, and whether your graduation in May is really in jeopardy. I also recommend getting peer tutoring at the Connors Family Learning Center bit.ly/BC-connors. And if your fears are realized, this is not the end of the world. I know many folks who have failed a class or not graduated on time who have gone on to do great things… and be great people.

Libraries like ours don’t do book bans except at gunpoint. Like most academic libraries what we buy is shaped primarily by what’s in the curriculum and what faculty are doing research on, and where there are gaps in the collection that’s usually the reason. 1) You always have the option of requesting an interlibrary loan for things we don’t have. Usually takes about a week, and if another library can loan it, we’ll get it for you. 2) We’re happy to take suggestions on books to add.

Maybe take a look at these repair guides and the forums at iFixit. If there isn’t a lot of damage you might be able to get it working yourself for cheap. The trick with small electronics is that the repair bill is often as much or more than a new device. https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Calculator

I can say with absolute certainty that it will be the 3 teams that aren’t going up. The long-shot teams are all out, so it’s a pretty level field now of perennial powerhouses.

Real Analysis. It was challenging but really satisfying. But I was at a college for walls, not here at BC.

We do not, but Eagle Print in Carney can help you. They will print on cardstock for about 30 cents per page. You can email them at Eagleprint@bc.edu

I hear you that you’re not addicted, but working on a healthier relationship with alcohol seems like worthwhile path. The Center for Student Wellness has resources on alcohol awareness, and you can schedule an appointment with a wellness coach: bit.ly/BCStudentWell

Here’s what art department staff said: “Thanks so much for the question! Sadly, we only have 14 working enlargers in the darkroom in the art department, and usually between 40-60 students taking photography classes at a time. The space is tight and we need to reserve it for those students, since the lab is only open for 20 hours a week. We have limited hours because it has to be staffed to prevent broken equipment, flooding, you name it, but also to provide assistance with students who need help with their printing. I encourage students to take our Photography 1 class, which is also offered this summer!”

If you’re concerned about your behaviors or thoughts, I recommend talking to someone about it. You could talk either to a student wellness coach (bit.ly/BCStudentWell) or a counselor at BC Counseling Services (bit.ly/BC-counseling), either of which would be confidential and supportive.

I recommend speaking to as many people in that area as you can: IOW, professors of psychology and neuroscience at BC and beyond, to ask what they did. Don’t be afraid of cold-calling (or emailing), but be sure to personalize them in some way: speak about their specializations & your interest in them. It’s probably somewhat akin to sending early-career fiction manuscripts for publication; one writer said “you’ve sent almost enough when you can wallpaper a room with rejections.” I’d also talk to the career center: bit.ly/BC-career.

There’s a reason they call it “sophomore slump”! I hope your junior year is all you want it to be.

Partly what you want it to be, with varying input (helpful or harmful) from other sources – people, the earth itself, a higher power… I can almost assure you it will be not exactly as you imagine it, and that along the way there will be highs and lows you can’t predict right now.

Try as much as you can to think of them as a potential friend, not a potential date. How would you approach a potential friend?

Try this method… bit.ly/How2Rick

My library helpers have a lot of ice cream ideas, as well as date ideas. Check them out!

Ice Cream:

• J.P. Licks
• New City in Cambridge (amazing flavors like Baklava! & Vegan options))
• Toscanini’s Ice Cream in Cambridge
• Scoop N’ Scootery. There’s one in Brighton center and another in Allston– they have huge portions which make sharing easy if you want!
• Ron’s Ice Cream (Hyde Park and Dedham)
• Honeycomb Creamery. Lots of cool flavors and plenty of vegan options.
• Honestly, White Mountain Creamery on Comm Ave is great and is walking distance from campus. But, if you want to venture out, try Toscanini’s in Cambridge. Scoop and Scootery is also great for late night ice cream delivery … they have locations in Brighton, Allston, and Arlington. Cabot’s in Newton is hard to beat for old-school diner ambience, and they have great burgers too.
• Caffe Vittoria (North End)

Date Ideas:

• Beacon Hill book store – cool bookstore + great cafe downstairs
• Painting pottery at The Clayroom in Brookline
• Thursday night at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (free with your BC id anyways) does Free First Thursdays. Not only is it then free to everyone, but they’re open until 9pm on those days, so you have extra time to see some art and/or hang out in the garden there
• Cooking class at Shiso Kitchen
• If you can get to the deCordova Sculpture Park, it is really fun! You could combine it with a walk around Walden Pond
• Go to a museum! BC students get free admission to the Boston MFA and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Take advantage of it! 🙂
• ramen at Ganko Ittetsu => movie at Coolidge
• Swan boat ride in the Public Gardens
• Live music at the Lizard Lounge

Discounted Cash Flow? Department of Children & Families? Dyneema Composit Fabric? If you mean the valuation method, here’s the formula: bit.ly/invest-o-dcf

Yes you are! That is such a wonderful message to share with the world.

Someone on the less wise end of the spectrum saying “I just do whatever I feel like” might, without thinking, do something that harms themselves or others & regret it. Someone on the wise end of the spectrum saying the same thing might have more sensible possibilities in mind after years of mindful experience & observation. So a statement that appears to be identical in two cases could have two entirely unrelated meanings with very different assumptions and outcomes.

Procrastination often stems from a feeling of being overwhelmed by a task. You might try two things on your own: 1. break the task into smaller tasks. “Write the Paper” is not what belongs on your to-do list. Break it into a dozen steps. 2. Tell your inner critic–the unhelpful one–you don’t need their input right now, you’ll do fine on this task. So what if it’s not the Mona Lisa? It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, it just has to be done. For help with task management, get an appointment at the CFLC for academic coaching: bit.ly/BC-connors