Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
It’s worth checking the library catalog at library.bc.edu to see if we have a copy. That will also show you if your professor has put it on the reserve shelf, which lets you borrow a book for a few hours at a time. Just ask the folks at the desk directly behind you as you face me.
It might work for you – but I would run the idea by your academic advisor and get their take on it as well.
My Library helpers and their colleagues have a few favorite books to share:
As a wall, this is one worry I don’t have. But I would advise the newer buildings, like Stokes, the Recreation Center, or 245 Beacon St. I’ve been told some of the older restrooms have an unpleasant 1970s high school vibe.
Good to see you again!
Oh man, so many possible interpretations of that question. https://bit.ly/bc-rule. I’m feeling rectilinear, so I’m going to say “tracing a line in pencil along a straightedge”.
Depends on what you’re looking for, but you can’t beat the coffee aroma when you walk into Stokes South, so I’d recommend The Chocolate Bar. Plus… excellent treats!
Yes! You and Lana both got this.
It all depends on what your looking for in food, ambience & convenience. See what’s open (https://bit.ly/BC-dining-hours) and go exploring! If you’re in O’Neill & hungry, the closest is Hillside, right out our back door.
My Library helpers and their colleagues have a few favorite comfort movies to share:
13 Going on 30
Babe: Pig in the City
Before Sunset
Belfast
The Big Year (1996)
The Blues Brothers
Chicago
Cool Hand Luke
Dirty Dancing
The Fifth Element
A Fish Called Wanda
Heavenly Creatures
It’s a Wonderful Life
Kiki’s Delivery Service
A Knight’s Tale
Moonstruck
My Cousin Vinny
My Life as a Dog
National Treasure
No Country for Old Men
O, Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Prince of Egypt
The Princess Bride
Pride and Prejudice
Riding in Cars with Boys
Singin’ in the Rain
Some Like it Hot
Something’s Gotta Give
The Sound of Music
Swingers
Titanic
Welcome! You will make friends, but you may need to be a bit more proactive than students who have their res halls to provide a context for socializing. Reach out to students in your classes, get involved in extracurricular activities (including ones for off-campus students, like Taste of Off-Campus bit.ly/BCTasteOC.)
When you ask a Wall about common knowledge, you’ll hear all about how I don’t often know what humans consider common knowledge. And since I’m a Wall in a Library, I often find myself missing allusions. This Oxford Dictionary of Allusions can help up anyone’s allusion game: https://bc-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/l6ucgu/ALMA-BC21374928660001021
Sounds like you might want to check in with a math teacher or professor! Here’s an open source statistics textbook that might help you: https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-statistics
I would like to think so (I find humans lean on each other, and me, for support and kindness). But you can explore whether you think so too alongside philosophers who have been trying to figure this out for millenia. Maybe start with the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s entry on Human Nature: https://stanford.io/3ALMtol
This is really not uncommon. And remember, whatever you decide now does not have to be your career forever; people often change jobs and career paths throughout their working lives. If you are a Boston College student, I highly recommend scheduling a consultation with the Career Center (bit.ly/BC-career).
My Library helpers and their colleagues gathered their favorite study spots:
Favorite places to study:
Hidden Nooks and Small Spaces:
Graduate study spots outside of O’Neill:
Please don’t suffer alone. Counseling Services (http://bit.ly/BC-counseling) is a good place to start. Lots of warm Wall hugs to you, and yes, it does get better.
![How do you type your responses? Is it a machine? It is magic? [shrugging shoulder drawing]](https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/aw08242022-1-e1661343866391.jpg)
I could never manage it on my own, but my helpers use a printed template with boxes for the Post-Its to feed into the printer and then they type in the answers on another template with the same layout. It does seem a bit magical to me!
![Will I get a 528 on the MCAT? [crying face drawing] (What should I do if I get a 487?)](https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/aw08242022-2-scaled-e1661344036510.jpg)
A perfect MCAT score s pretty rare and y don’t need a 528 to become a doctor. I advise you to do your best and then work with the results – and consult with the BC pre-med advisors (bit.ly/PreMedBC) throughout the process. You can re-take the exam and take other steps to become a more competitive candidate if you get a low score. Best of luck!
My Library helpers and their colleagues have some sad movie recommendations.
