A Day in a Life of a Swarthmore Student

A sample of my Monday schedule for my sophomore spring.

8:00 am: I wake up in my room in Mary Lyon. I wash up and get ready to catch the shuttle; I catch up on some readings for my class on my way to the main campus. 

9:30 am: I always grab a coffee [my order is always a black iced coffee] from Kohlberg Cafe before my class – ECON 008: Topics in Economics History located in Trotter Hall, home to our humanities at Swarthmore. 

10:30 am: I head over to Parrish Hall to give my admissions tour! It’s my favorite part of the day when I get to step out of the Swarthmore bubble and talk to prospective students. 

12:00 pm: I grab lunch with my friends; we developed a tradition where we have lunch together every Monday at the dining hall. We catch up with one another before our next class of the day. 

1:30 pm: I have my next class – Anthropology of Biomedicine, 3 hours of honor seminar with Professor Schuetze. This is one of my favorite classes at Swarthmore. It is a discussed-based class that mirrors a graduate-level seminar where we explore the construction of Western Biomedicine. 

4:30 pm: Head back to my room for a routined nap! This is usually my time to relax and not worry about academics. 

7:00 pm: Dinner with friends, where we check in on what everyone has been up to and what they’re looking forward to in the days and weeks ahead. 

8:00 pm: Study, work on assignments, and catch up on work with friends in Singer Hall! Singer Hall [home to our Engineering, Biology, and Psychology departments] is our go-to place to study! 

10:00 pm: CRUMB CAFE! At night, one of our dining spaces turns into a student-run cafe with amazing food including crepes, sandwiches, boba, pancakes, and much more! 

11:00 pm: Towards the end of the semester, my friends and I started to hang out at the end of the night as a way to relax. We would have movie nights, game nights, or just late-night talking! 

1:00 am: Head back to Mary Lyon for BEDTIME!

Published by Darid Prom

Darid Prom ‘24 is from Philadelphia, PA, majoring in Economics and Medical Anthropology. Darid is a proud first-generation Cambodian queer immigrant whose involvement on campus is centered around the inclusion and visibility of marginalized students. He is involved in the Swarthmore Queer Union (SQU), the Sexual Health Advocate Program (SHA), a Student Academic Mentor (SAM), an intern at the Office of Student Engagement, and a President Sustainability Research Fellow.