Kalina Duncheva
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Kalina's D-Plan
What's a D-Plan?-
FallHanover, NH
Favorite Class: HUM 1 Dialogues with the ClassicsInstead of taking a normal Writing 5 course, I decided to fulfill my first-year writing requirement by taking HUM 1. This course helped me strengthen my relationship to literature and writing. It changed the way in which I thought about classics, both books and movies (we saw Wall-E, by the way). And it also changed the way I thought about academic writing and literary criticism. A third of the course was made up of lectures by professors from different departments, while the other two thirds were discussions with a single professor and a small group of 15 students.
WinterHanover, NH
Favorite Class: PSYC 6 Introduction to NeuroscienceIntro to neuroscience was the first course I was truly excited about. It wasn't an easy course - we had a weekly quiz of ten to thirteen questions covering the lectures from the past few days, but it was very interesting and also very funny (Professor Winter's humor is legendary). We learned about the human brain at the level of individual cells. We also studied it at the level of different systems, from the olfactory system to the parasympathetic nervous system. And last, we learned about cognition: learning, attention, language. We saw a real human brain with formaldehyde dripping from it. We saw a real sheep's brain. And a rat's brain. And we pocked each other with paper clips to determine the sensitivity of our touch receptors.
A Trip a Week Makes for a Good Streak
My trip streak is absolutely perfect–every week I've been on at least one trip. You don't believe me? Read on, then.
Breakfast Adventures
Let's talk about food! We'll do a little thought experiment today, featuring a French rat called Rémi and a somewhat bewildered Bulgarian (that's me), and we'll explore what breakfast options they have at FOCO!
Don't Try This at Home (Try it at Dartmouth)
What do you do when you want to do too many things? Dartmouth offers so many clubs that I faced this question before my first week of classes had even ended. I tried to do everything. Don't try this at home. It was too much. (Try it at Dartmouth.)
Hello from the Woods
Welcome to the woods and nice to meet you! I'm Kalina Duncheva, a '27 from Sofia, Bulgaria. I'll be one of your guides as you embark on your journey across People Places Pines, Hanover, and beyond!