Upon arriving at Yale I was immediately bombarded with a slew of mental health resources—there’s The Good Life Center, groups like Hack Mental Health, an undergraduate publication about mental health, and seemingly endless events during reading period to help me relax. While I appreciate the breadth of resources available, it’s Read more…
I normally relate to my education as something that can provide new ways of seeing the world and something that affords me a different relationship to self, but the SIC, and the loans that I’ve taken out in order to cover it, strain that relationship a lot. I’m wracked with Read more…
“A few months into my first year, one of my classmates passed away. We sat next to each other every day in Chinese class and quickly became friends. This was my first experience losing a peer, and I soon realized that the pace of Yale doesn’t give space for students Read more…
As a student who doesn’t have to worry about the Student Income Contribution, I have faced few restrictions on how I choose to spend my time. I have been able to decide for myself what clubs to join, how many classes to take, which jobs to pursue, and exactly when Read more…
Although I am an FGLI student, things at home during coronavirus were pretty stable. But I saw many of my peers struggling to survive during this time, especially with housing instability. Many students during this time were living off of their housing refunds. It’s disappointing how much students have to Read more…
Yale needs to hire more mental health counselors of color. I think it’s important for everybody to feel as comfortable as possible when they’re seeking out mental health counseling, and for many students that includes seeing their identities represented in the counseling relationship. Especially seeing as how the overwhelming majority Read more…
The end of my sophomore year, I went to Yale Mental Health feeling stressed and anxious, after what my intake therapist called a depressive episode. This was a few weeks before the end of the semester and I was told that since there’s usually a minimum two week wait time Read more…
When I first got to Yale, joining extracurriculars made me feel guilty. I thought that if I was going to be dedicating time to things outside of academics, it should be to a job. So second semester I dropped one group and took on a job at the library instead. Read more…
When Yale moved to online classes, many students were left without mental health resources at a time when the need was even greater than usual. During the transition online, Yale failed to find students out of state insured healthcare options, abruptly leaving students without affordable treatment and medication. This burden Read more…
Being away from Yale’s campus during this pandemic has given me time to reflect on the financial obstacle of the SIC on me, my family, and other students. Students from marginalized backgrounds and lower incomes are already put at a disadvantage in all aspects of society, and the SIC is Read more…