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How I passed my 1st-year classes

...by skipping them (please don’t tell anyone)

Aug 2020
by Suzane C.
Chemical Engineering
That’s right, I confess: I am a serial class skipper. It all started in high school, when I discovered it was possible to learn a lot more about a subject if I studied the material during class instead of paying attention to the teacher. Of course, I couldn’t physically skip classes back then...

Doing a PhD is a solo trip

It’s time to buckle up and take off

Jun 2020
by Suzane C.
Chemical Engineering
As the plane bound for Switzerland took off towards my first solo trip, the feelings of fear in that 3rd-year PhD student gave way to excitement as I realized: I am alone! What was so different about it this time? I had already been living alone and regularly traveling to visit family for nearly a...