Building a snowman that represents finals week stress.
BUILDING A SNOWMAN THAT REPRESENTS FINALS WEEK STRESS. Follow us for more deep dives into the unique traditions that shaped our Ivy experiences.
The biting winter air, the library glowing late into the night, and that unmistakable hum of impending doom – finals week. Amidst the caffeine-fueled delirium and textbook mountains, there’s a strange, almost therapeutic ritual for many: crafting a snowman, not of innocent childhood dreams, but one personifying every ounce of academic pressure. We're talking snowmen with twig-glasses slumped over a textbook, carrot-noses pointed skyward in silent plea, or even miniature stress balls for eyes.
It’s one of those weather-based quirks we collectively adopted, a bizarre, beautiful outlet for the intensity. There’s something universally relatable about externalizing that overwhelming burden into a frosty, temporary sculpture. You build it, you laugh, you curse it, you maybe even give it a name like "Calculus Crisis" or "The All-Nighter." It’s a moment of shared, slightly unhinged catharsis, a fleeting rebellion against the academic grind.
Whether you’re currently slogging through another exam season or fondly (or not-so-fondly) recalling those sleepless nights from years past, this peculiar tradition binds us. It’s a testament to the unique ways we found to cope, to connect, and to find humor even when the stakes felt impossibly high. These are the threads that weave our collective Ivy narrative, the ones we loved to hate, and secretly, wouldn't trade for anything.
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