- I’m a student at Yale and I documented one November weekend on campus.
- My weekend was filled with events including an awards ceremony and a cultural showcase.
- I also found time to plan for future events and hang out with friends.
In late August, my mom and I waited at Grand Central Station for my New Haven-bound train. At 20, I was lost. My major was still undeclared at Yale, I had just decided to move off-campus, and I was in love with guys who had their eyes set on Wall Street futures. I was about to enter what’s been called the most challenging semester of college.
Yet I had the gut feeling that all of this — my college years — was going by too fast.
To help me slow down, to discover if I’m doing college “right,” and to analyze my time at Yale, I documented one of my busy weekends on campus back in November. Here’s what it was like:
