Name: Matt Lueckheide
Year: 2017
Major/Minor: Chemistry/Physics
Hometown: Franklin Square, NY
HC: You’re so busy! How do you balance everything–work, extra curriculars, time with friends, etc?
ML: I feel that most wouldn’t agree with how I balance everything I do with my work, but I generally stay up late and wake up early to get my work done so I have more time for work and club meetings and such. Luckily I don’t need as much sleep as others need to function. I feel like college is about being as involved as possible in the community as it is about doing work and getting a degree, so I make a lot of time for extracurricular activities and friends.
HC: What’s your favorite thing about studying Chemsitry? (A subject many of us are scared of.)
ML: My favorite thing about the Chemistry major? I’m just going to say it, I really like organic chemistry and I know that I want to be an organic chemistry professor after graduate school. Therefore my favorite thing about my major is how prepared I feel it has made me for graduate school. I just applied! Can’t wait.
HC: And now, for the million dollar question, what’s your favorite thing about Skidmore?
ML: My favorite thing about Skidmore is probably the community. I believe we have a very friendly and supportive community and I’ve made so many great friends in so many different academic areas. It’s not perfect, but I think we should be very proud of it.
HC: That being said, if you could change one thing about Skidmore, what woud it be?
ML: I would love if Skidmore had the ability to give financial aid to more students. College in general is becoming increasingly expensive and if Skidmore had a larger endowment, it would be awesome if it went towards getting more economically disadvantaged students to Skidmore so they can have the fantastic experience that we are all having.
HC: If you were an animal, which one would you be and why?
ML: I’d probably be a lynx, because not only are they one of the most badass cat species on the planet, but they’re also super precious and cuddly (I think…)