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Regardless of the reason, three factors over the past month have made me grateful to be sheltered by an institution where learning is valued and study required: attending stimulating classes, participating in a dissertation colloquium and finishing my senior thesis.
A good thesis advisor should be knowledgeable about your subject and should be familiar with what your particular department expects in a senior honors essay. However, it is even more important that your advisor is willing to spend hours helping you improve your thesis and is someone with whom you...
Friends who are writing theses are also extremely important. You will spend almost as much time complaining about your thesis as you will actually writing it, and those who are not undergoing a similar experience will not be able to sympathize with your gripes. Friends can also help to motivate...
Writing a thesis can also help you to make new friends. You will instantly bond and commiserate with fellow thesis-writers, even if you barely know them. But the thesis can come between you and your non-honors friends, because you will resent their unfettered freedom to enjoy lazy spring...
In conclusion: don't write a thesis unless you're absolutely sure that you're ready for the sacrifice it involves. Hopefully, the grief a thesis can inflict will only serve to make the rest of senior spring seem more enjoyable; I'll find out whether that's true after...