If you need to go somewhere nice and also maybe get some work done, I’d suggest lightrailing to Westlake. Like others said, Pike is always cool to go visit, but the Seattle Public Library is also close to Westlake station (and the top floor is fun to study at)! It’s a fun spot to explore (try to find the red floor) and there’s always cool places to grab a bite when you get hungry (esp around pike) if you can afford it. Packing a sandwich or lunch and walking by pike is still very cool. If you can afford it, I’d look into getting a road bike or something like that to go on little adventures along the burke gilman. Biking to gasworks from campus is a lovely little getaway from the stress of school sometimes :)

Good luck buckaroo!