I'm a student at Yale University. Here's what a weekend is like on campus.

Brian ZhangJan 15, 2024, 09:33 IST

The author and a building on the Yale campus.Courtesy of Elishevlyne Eliason & Brian Zhang

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.

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:

On Saturday, I slept in until 11:30 a.m. and doomscrolled on Instagram.

Hillhouse Avenue on campus.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

At 1 p.m., I grabbed brunch with friends at Branford, one of Yale’s 14 residential colleges.

The Branford residential dining hall.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

At 2:30 p.m., I met up with my roommate to attend a Korean cultural showcase at the Sterling Memorial Library.

A cultural showcase outside of the Sterling Memorial Library.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

At 5p.m., a few class council members and I went on a drive.

Inside the car, on our way to Walmart.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

By 7 p.m., I was scrambling to get ready for two back-to-back events.

Me and Michael Ndubisi, the opinion editor for the Yale Daily News.Courtesy of Elishevlyne Eliason

At the last minute, I decided to skip the Barcelona formal to hang out with my friends.

My friends and I enjoyed takeout after a long day.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

The following morning, I battled the Sunday scaries.

Working at a café in Wooster Square, a nearby neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

By 6 p.m. on Sunday, I took care of some other responsibilities I had before the weekend ended.

On my way to physics office hours with a yogurt drink.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

Sunday night, I ended my weekend with a call to my grandma.

My desk after chatting with my grandma.Courtesy of Brian Zhang

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