If the University wants to take concrete steps to increase student happiness and align themselves with peer institutions, it should decrease the demands on students and change the graduation requirements to allow undergraduates to take four classes a semester.

No matter what school you’re in at Washington University, chances are your program requires a significant amount of effort and the utmost level of dedication in order to do well. Even though people joke on Yik Yak about one school or another, at the end of the day, we’re all on the struggle bus.

Supporting co-curricular activities through academic credit would demonstrate a commitment to fostering well-rounded, creatively thinking students. We are fortunate that there are many opportunities to be involved on our campus.