St. Louis College of Pharmacy hands out “survival kits” to help students cope with stress of finals
Final exams are right around the corner. So to help students through the home stretch, St. Louis College of Pharmacy’s alumni association is continuing a longstanding tradition by handing out “survival kits” to students today and tomorrow.
I got a chuckle out of the fact that the kits for the pharmacy students have aspirin in them. The kits also include other staples of college life including Pop Tarts, Ramen noodles, hot chocolate, granola bars, gum and chips. And there is also Kleenex (for those nursing colds, I guess), Band-Aids (for paper cuts, perhaps?), and highlighters (for, well, obvious reasons).
College officials at the pharmacy schools have told me before that their students are an especially stressed-out lot because the coursework and exams are pretty rigorous at the college.
It also make me wonder that if law schools began handing out “survival kits,” what would be in them? Comebacks to handle lawyer jokes?
And what would business schools give out? A bailout from the 5 hardest questions on an exam?
How about journalism schools? Wait, don’t answer that one.
Kavita Kumar covers higher education for the Post-Dispatch. 
I think it’s wonderful that this college cares so much to do something like this. Most colleges could care less what you had to eat, or even whether you had a headache. While it’s a small gesture, it’s the thought that counts.