Being a science major here at Stonehill comes with its own unique perks and quirks. Here are some of the parts of the "Stonehill Experience" only science majors truly understand:

1. Telling yourself that the hike to the third floor of the Science Center is your exercise for the day.

We've all been there. It's 1:29 p.m. and you have Orgo lab at 1:30, but you're still in the atrium. So you speed walk up the stairs to the third floor and have to pretend you aren't winded. But then of course someone holds the door for you and you gotta reply with a hearty "Thanks!" without sounding like you just ran a marathon.

Or you could take the elevator.

2. Asking Kim more questions than you ask your actual professor.

Sometimes you get nervous in lab when your reaction is starting to look a little funny and you have no idea what you're doing. Instead of facing the facts and asking the lab professor, it's a lot easier to just ask Kim Del Sesto. You've all done it, and you will all continue to do it, because who doesn't love Kim?

3. Getting all your nutrients from Dunkin Donuts.

Why leave the warm safety of the Science Center to eat, when you have a perfectly good Dunkin Donuts on the first floor? We've all substituted meals in the Caf with makeshift meals from Dunks and have no shame.

4. Feeling empty without labs.

As much as we love weeks without lab, they give you that "something's missing" feeling in your life. Suddenly, your entire Thursday is free, so you binge watch Netflix and feel guilty for wasting the whole day.

5. The carbon copy lab notebook.

Forgetting to put something in between your carbon copy notebook pages. It happens to the best of us, but when your random doodles during the pre-lab lecture end up all over your procedure, it's tough not to feel a little embarrassed.

6. Sapling.

7. Leaving lab with permanent goggle marks.

No matter how loose you make them, how often you take them off during lab, or how much you rub your face afterward, goggle marks will leave permanent indents on your face (well, permanent for an hour or so). Then on your walk back to your room, you get bombarded with "Oh, were you in lab?" and "Is your face OK?"

8. Forgetting your lab materials.

We all know the feeling. You get to lab and open your backpack to take out your stuff, but something's missing. Your lab coat, your goggles, your pre-lab, your notebook, and your lab itself. So you scramble looking for a random pair of goggles or you nonchalantly take a lab coat off the hooks, hoping your professor doesn't notice.

9. Having exams the day after Midnight Madness. Every. Single. Year.

Not sure how it always seems to happen, but we have exams the Friday after Midnight Madness every year. The yearly inner debate then has to occur; do I study and go to bed at a reasonable time like a responsible human, or do I have fun and go to Midnight Madness with everyone else?

We've all made the wrong choice at least once.

10. Having extremely close relationships with your professors.

Spending so much time in the Science Center puts us and our professors in the same place at the same time. Since their offices are all located in the building, we see them and they see us more often than other majors. This makes it a lot easier to ask questions or reach out to professors for help and insight, or even just to chat.

11. Making great friendships through the science struggle.

Having such a constant workload, science majors tend to congregate. Many great friendships have been made at 1 a.m. cramming for the Bio text the next day, and we wouldn't trade those moments for anything.

OK, maybe we'd trade them in for some sleep but it's the thought that counts.