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!
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I was home for the summer! I was able to catch up with family and friends, work at a local ice-cream shop, and relax for a few months. It was amazing to be back in my hometown!!
I took this class with Professor Emily Finn, and I absolutely adored it! Because it is an introductory class, you learn about various topics within the neuroscience field, but mainly at the surface level. It was incredibly interesting, and it is a perfect introduction to the major overall!
I cannot believe that I am saying this, but fall term is already over! Time has simply flown by, and I am now ¼ of the way done with sophomore year. As tradition, I love to talk about my classes for the term, so I will be doing so in this post! Let's get right into it.
COSC 1 (Introduction to Programming and Computation): I took this class as a prerequisite for the Quantitative Social Science major, and it fulfills the Technology (TLA) distributive requirement. This class was an introduction to Python, where we learned various ways to go about coding. I am not going to lie, this course is incredibly challenging: there are 4 exams, 10 short assignments, and 3 longer assignments that can take a few hours to complete. Despite this, Professor Kommimeni, who taught the course, was absolutely incredible. She was very accommodating and made the concepts as clear as possible to us. If you are interested in learning more about Python or coding in general, I would highly recommend taking this class!
An assignment for computer science where we had to make the cover of a book!
COGS 1 (Introduction to Cognitive Science): I took this class as a prerequisite for the Cognitive Science major, and it fulfills the Social Analysis (SOC) distributive requirement. As you can tell from the name, this class taught us all about the field of cognitive science, ranging from philosophy to psychology to linguistics. In terms of difficulty, I found it to be pretty time consuming, but the work I was doing was really interesting. We had a midterm and final, 2 project presentations, and a few quizzes throughout the term. We also had two professors, Professor Frankland and Professor Phillips, who were super enthusiastic about the class and truly made the experience so much better. If you are interested in fields such as the ones mentioned above, I would definitely take this class.
PSYC 6 (Introduction to Neuroscience): I took this class simply because I was interested in the field! It fulfills the Science (SCI) distributive requirement, which is definitely one of the harder distributives for me to get. This class taught us about all things neuroscience, which studies our behaviors and the way we live at a biological level. We had three midterms and a few short assignments throughout the term, so it was definitely not a lot of work until the days leading up to an exam. Professor Finn was extremely good at lecturing us about the topics, and made sure to clear up any confusing parts of the class. This is a very big class (nearly 120 students), so people take this as a pre-med student, for the neuroscience major, or even just for fun!
Play-doh activity that we did in neuroscience (we were constructing the brain!)
As you can tell, this term has definitely been pretty challenging, but also so rewarding at the same time!
If you're a prospective geology, mining, or resources student, this post is for you. "The Stretch" is Dartmouth's field geology program, and it covers exactly those areas!
Paris is often hailed as the center of the (European) art world. Through an Art History Fall Plus program, I explored Parisian art in person and up close!
