The week before finals is upon us at Ohio University, and it is time to start gearing up for the pure stress that is about to ensue. Lots of college kids just aren’t productive in their dorms, or they need a good place to frantically cram with all of the other people in their class. The perfect place to do all this and more? The library. Alden Library has seven floors, each with many different aspects and varying levels of quietness.
The floor that you choose to conduct your studies on says a lot about your personality, your study habits and your major. Everyone has their floor preference, and here’s what that says about you:
The first floor:
The first floor is one of those floors that no one ever really consciously chooses to study on. The phrases that are usually said before heading to the first floor are something like “I guess we could go to the first floor?” or “The second floor is too loud. I guess we can just go to the first floor instead.” Chances are, if you’re on the first floor, you probably are taking a stats class and need to run the special stats program on one of the computers so that you can actually get your homework done.
The second floor:
The second floor is for all of the social butterflies out there. First, one side of the second floor is right by the main entrance, so chances are if any of your friends come in, you’ll see them. The second floor is also arguably the main group study floor, so there are always people loudly discussing how they’re going to attempt to make a whole presentation in six hours. A majority of the group study rooms are also on the second floor, so this really secures its status as “the social floor.” If you choose the second floor, you’re either a marketing major who loves studying with friends or a computer science major who needs to be able to scream with rage.
The third floor:
The third floor is a group study floor as well and is most well-known for being the home of “The Co-Lab.” The non-Co-Lab part of the third floor looks like the quintessential college library with its wooden tables and motivational posters. The Co-Lab is like an entirely different universe of hot pink walls and weirdly designed chairs. There are a few kinds of people who choose to study in the Co-Lab. You either hate the way the library looks, you have no actual work to do and want to sit in a comfy chair or you are an art major who needs to be able to do a loud project without disturbing everyone around you.
The fourth floor:
This is the second-most popular floor in the whole library, right behind the second floor itself. The little green booths
and the egg chairs are fan favorites, and the high number of windows makes studying not so gloomy. The fourth floor entrance is also closer to Court Street, so chances are you have a coffee addiction if you’re on this floor. The fourth floor also has more whiteboards than you could even possibly imagine, so if you’re on this floor, you probably are taking some sort of science class, and you need to be able to draw out diagrams. If you study on the fourth floor, you’re most likely very bubbly and outgoing, and you like to be very well-organized.
The fifth floor:
The fifth floor is for people who really need to get work done. It’s a quiet floor, and the main things it has are a large number of tables and the archives. There isn’t really anything special happening on the fifth floor. If you go to the library when you are desperate to get work done, the fifth floor is for you. It’s for all of the procrastinators who really need to hunker down and write that 10-page paper. If you choose to study on the fifth floor, you are dead-set on getting lots of work done, and you probably are someone who is frequently writing lengthy papers.
The sixth floor:
The sixth floor is the exact same thing as the seventh floor, except it doesn’t have the cool spinny chairs. The sixth floor is for people who just don’t like the idea of being on the top floor of the library. They want to be a little bit different and go on the floor below. The sixth floor is quiet and calm, so if you’re on the sixth floor, group studying probably isn’t your thing. You’re also probably someone who gets distracted easily, so you need to hide away in one of the corners of this floor in order to actually get any sort of work done.
The seventh floor:
This is for all the people who love the aesthetic of studying in a library. You’re surrounded by books, it’s quiet, you’re on the top floor and the whole vibe is simply there. A lot of the same qualities apply to people who study on the sixth and seventh floors. You like spending time alone and really focusing on whatever work you have to finish for the day. You’re probably in one of the majors with a heavy workload or you desperately need to finish something before its midnight deadline, very similar to the fifth floor.
Managing Editor
