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The Daily Free Press

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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The price of perfection: How society’s standards are crushing students | The Loop

Hillary Hao January 30, 2025
We measure our worth in grades we receive and the deadlines we meet, but never in the amount of time we take for ourselves. Our hard work comes with the price of neglecting our emotional needs.
From grades to greatness: Overcoming exam stress and focusing on knowledge

From grades to greatness: Overcoming exam stress and focusing on knowledge

Hania Malhas April 19, 2023
Society tells us to study hard so we can excel academically and secure a job or place at a top university.
student link

MyBU ready for its initial launch, set to gradually replace ‘outdated’ Student Link

Caterina Tomassini March 3, 2023
MyBU, a new platform to help BU students navigate their student accounts, will launch on March 6, and gradually replace the homepage of current Student Link.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

A Room With a View: How high school ruined my approach toward academics

Antonia Lehnert January 31, 2023
While the high-stakes environment of some high schools may give them an elite and noteworthy reputation, it often comes at an extreme cost to the mental and physical wellbeing of students who struggled to cope with academic pressure.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: If you think that your grades define you, consider this your wake-up call

Antonia Lehnert November 10, 2021
Rather than striving for excellence, as students, we should seek balance between our academic and personal life.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: As finals approach, overworked students deserve more leniency, flexibility from Boston University

Editors April 16, 2021
Without Spring Recess and our traditional learning environments, something has to give.
Harvard College lawn

Boston-area universities not entirely successful at diversity efforts

Sam Trottenberg February 18, 2021
The first African American graduate from Harvard College was Richard Theodore Greener in 1870. Today, the current Harvard College freshman class is 14.7 percent African American.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Impostor syndrome prevents us from valuing ourselves and our achievements

Editors February 12, 2021
We have fostered a toxic culture that prioritizes productivity over self care, leading to a common feeling for college students: imposter syndrome.
Boston University’s Class of 2025 admissions saw an increase in the number of early decision applicants, among other pandemic-related changes. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU admissions talk differences in applying during COVID-19

Molly Farrar February 1, 2021
Despite pandemic, BU Director of Admissions John McEachern said BU received more than 75,500 applications for Regular Decision, which is a “significant” increase of 24 percent since last year.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: We need more ‘Wellness Days’ to keep students motivated and mentally healthy

Editors February 1, 2021
If BU wants to make sure its students are staying safe and healthy, it must take into consideration our mental health and provide us with significant breaks that are comparable to, or even more supportive, than our absent Spring Recess.
In a Wednesday webinar hosted by the Questrom Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, attendees discussed feelings of imposter syndrome in the business world. COURTESY OF QUESTROM CENTER FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

Questrom hosts conversation on imposter syndrome among students

Madeline Humphrey October 20, 2020
Overcoming self-doubt can be difficult for college students, but Questrom's Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sought to navigate this issue.
HAUSER: F's get degrees

HAUSER: F’s get degrees

Jonathan Hauser October 13, 2016

The last writing assignment grade I earned in my French expression class was a 13 out of 20. That is equivalent to a 65 percent. If my mother knew that I had scored a 65 percent on a test at Boston University,...

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