Hey everyone! I'm Cooper from Wayne, Pennsylvania, which is right outside of Philadelphia. I am a '28 here at Dartmouth, and plan on studying Quantitative Social Science and Cognitive Science. In my free time, I love getting food with friends, playing pickleball, watching sitcoms (personal favorite is Modern Family), and going on walks. I am super excited to be here and cannot wait to take you along my journey at Dartmouth!
I took this class with Professor Binkoski, and I absolutely loved it! We explored numerous theories regarding time travel and the existence of time, and it just completely blew my mind. Professor Binkoski is such an engaging lecturer and explains everything so thoroughly, which makes the class so incredible! After taking this class, I have become more interested in philosophy and cannot wait to take more classes in this department.
I took this class with Professor Horiuchi and learned more than I could have possibly imagined! This course is incredibly challenging and has a good amount of work, but I learned so much about the programing language R as well as how to wrangle and visualize data. By taking this class, I have confirmed that I want to major in QSS because of how interesting the material was. If you want to enhance your skills in R, this is the class to take!
In order to fulfill my language requirement, I took Spanish 9 with Professor Rieumont. This class was simply incredible. Not only was the content interesting and engaging, but my actual class itself (both the professor and fellow students) made this class so memorable. We learned so much about Spanish-speaking cultures all while having so much fun doing it, and I am so grateful that I took this class with such an amazing group!
Entering college for the first time is undeniably a nerve wracking yet exciting experience. Since I have successfully completed my first year here at Dartmouth, I thought I could offer some advice for everyone coming to Dartmouth for the very first time!
To start, it is so important to take advantage of all of the orientation opportunities. Whether it is the open houses for the academic departments or the nightly smores where you can meet your fellow classmates, everything offered is super useful and really helps you get used to the Dartmouth environment. Although there are some required aspects of the orientation program, there is definitely a lot of free time that allows you to explore campus and do things at your own pace!
An example of an orientation event!
Next, and I have said this before as well, is to take classes during fall term that genuinely interest you. Do not necessarily take ones that you think are easy or ones that are simply tailored for your major. Note that I do not mean this for all three classes; try to take at least one that is not something you have learned before! For example, I took Introductory Linguistics my fall term because I have never learned about it, and it inspired me to major in cognitive science! This is one of the biggest pieces of advice I would give.
And finally, I would urge everyone to get to know their floormates and overall residential hall as soon as possible! It is so nice to have a community within your dorm if you just want to stay there for the night or looking for something fun and chill to do. During move-in, I would highly recommend saying hello to everyone around you just to start the connection, because it truly changed my relationship with my floor and we became so close!
A picture of people in my dorm watching the presidential debate!
This list is not exhaustive, but I hope that this advice can help make the transition to college even easier!
The rumors are true, guys: engineering is hard. It took some adapting for me to find my pace and excel in the major. But, that was only possible due to the kind words of a Dartmouth professor.
In celebration of the new Attitudes of Coexistence exhibit at the Hood Museum of Art, artist Choe U-Ram spoke at two artist talks I attended. Read on for highlights from the experience!
