Berman already has a thesis horror story. She contracted mononucleosis before a scheduled research trip to New York she had been planning for six months, and could only stay awake for the length of each interview.
Seniors and faculty advisors stress that students need to weigh pros and cons before making the monumental decision of writing a thesis.
"It's not something to do just if you want honors," Terry says. "When you're up at three o'clock in the morning two weeks before the thesis is done under all this stress, the desire to get honors is not going to be the thing to push you through. You really have to have the desire to get the answer to your question."
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