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Cindy Shen

Class of 2021
Cindy with a plant on her head

Bio 

I am an avid doodler and caffeine addict who can be spotted in the KAF (the coffee shop in Baker-Berry Library) line every morning. I was raised skiing in the mountains of Utah, so I'm a huge advocate for low-temp Hanover activities like going to the Skiway or carving an ice sculpture (which I actually learned to do). Currently, some of my favorite memories at Dartmouth are: traveling with the fencing and debate teams and throwing snow at my friends.

Academic Program 

Economics Modified with Engineering, Studio Art Minor

Favorite Thing Right Now 

Studying in a hammock

Hometown 

Salt Lake City, Utah

Pronouns 

She/Her

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Cindy's D-Plan

What's a D-Plan?

    • FallOn Campus | Hanover, NH

      Favorite Class: The Price System - Econ 01 (Prof. Zarnowski)

      I unwittingly took three "01s" (intro courses) my Freshman fall. While it was a challenging term, Econ 01 stood out as the most engaging despite its difficult exams and the course inspired me to pursue a major in economics.

    • WinterOn Campus | Hanover, NH

      Favorite Class: The Supreme Court (Prof. Kalish)

      (I also loved my Public Speaking class with Prof. Compton) All freshmen take Writing 5 and choose a section based on what their interests are. I took The Supreme Court with Prof. Kalish, who was a fun, insightful, and knowledgable professor who genuinely cared about all of her students. I would definitely recommend this section to any rising freshmen.

    • SpringOn Campus | Hanover, NH

      Favorite Class: Macroeconomics - Econ 22 (Prof. Comin)

      Most core major classes have a reputation for being difficult. While the material was hard at times, Prof. Comin led a case-based course that helped us understand the real-world applications of what we were learning. He's also a super cool guy to chat with, and he's done fascinating research.

    • SummerOn Campus | Hanover, NH

      Favorite Class: Intro to Drawing - SART 15

      Most freshmen won't be on this summer, but I'm scheduling my D-Plan around my internship during winter term. I'm super excited to meet more '20s! (because all '20s will be on campus for their sophomore summer) This summer, I'm taking microeconomics, physics, and drawing. Stay tuned for more details on my summer experience at the end of the summer! :)

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Finals Week & Interim in 30 Seconds

Since about mid-January, I've tried to take one-second videos of each day as a way of documenting my life. This video covers three weeks (the first twelve seconds are on campus, the rest are off) and basically the content below!

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Between passing campus flowers, getting free Ben & Jerry's ice cream, and eating at Lou's with my trippees, finals week was fun! (...aside from the actual finals)

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Ben & Jerry's at Dartmouth
Free ice cream for finals de-stressing!!

This wasn't an irregular finals week; Dartmouth usually has a lot of stuff going on during this time, and, frankly, everyone needs to take a study break once in a while. 

After finals, a lot of my friends went home or travelled, but I -- as well as two of my closest friends (one of whom was graduating) -- stayed on campus until commencement. Campus at this time is always really peaceful. During this particular interim, we spent a lot of time relaxing on the Green, eating gelato, or canoeing in the Connecticut. We also saw Mindy Kaling speak live at graduation! 

 

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Food
Someone really seems to love noodles, don't they?

Post graduation, we travelled to New York City for a foodcation (we went specifically for the food). We stayed at a small AirBnb in Chinatown, where I got to dictate the food adventures! We had Lan Zhou la mian (handmade noodles, my obsession), dim sum at New York City's first dim sum house, Vietnamese pho and bahn mi, and lots of bubble tea. We also explored other culinary parts of the city: we went to the Upper East Side to have a dinner Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf would have envied and ventured up to Brooklyn for cheap oysters.

Many pounds of weight-gain later (and really missing those days when I would grow vertically instead of horizontally), I went back home for the remainder of my interim.

 

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Dogs
A doggo playdate! Apollo and Butter (my friend's doge)

At home, I spent most of my time cuddling with Apollo -- my dog and one true love, watching Netflix with my parents (we're caught up on all of Westworld), and feeling blessed that my mom does my laundry whenever I'm back. I also met up with many of my high school friends and heard about their college experiences thus far (which are all vastly different from one another). I even had a playdate with Apollo and my friend's dog, Butter.

The end of the term calls for finals and a well-deserved break. Whether you're staying on campus (at least for finals, I hope), travelling, or going home (or doing all three!) there's a lot to do!

Posted 07/14/2018 at 1:00 PMAll Video Posts