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Jenny Chen

Class of 2021
Jenny with crossed arms

Bio 

Hi everyone! I'm a Biology major and Global Health minor, but I still have a lot of time to explore all my interests over the next three years. I'm also a part of the Great Issues Scholars Living Learning Center, which I have loved so far. We focus on issues such as security and global health, and we even went on a retreat to Vermont last term. Some of my favorite ways to relax on weekends include walking into town for brunch, and hiking with some of the amazing people I have met so far.

Academic Program 

Biology Major, Global Health Minor

Favorite Thing Right Now 

Moleskine notebooks

Hometown 

Bethesda, Maryland

Pronouns 

She/Her

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Jenny's D-Plan

What's a D-Plan?

    • FallOn Campus

      Favorite Class: Sociology 001

      I looked forward to this class every week, partly because of the professor and partly due to the content. We read books on a wide variety of topics, ranging from privilege and how it affects our interactions with others to restaurant kitchens and the hierarchies inherent in surgical residencies.

    • WinterOn Campus

      Favorite Class: Biology 013

      Biol13 is structured so that you have to work as a group on difficult class problems and even on some exams, which was novel to me and pushed me to really understand the material. This class inspired me to pursue research (both off-campus and on-campus) related to genetics.

    • SpringOn Campus

      Favorite Class: The Body: The Nude in Western Visual Art

      Although this class was daunting to me in the beginning, given that I had little to no experience in either Women's, Gender, and Sexuality or Art History, it was also one of the classes in which I became the most engaged in. For our final project, I investigated the history of allegories in Western art and why they were so often portrayed as women.

    • SummerOff Campus

      I interned at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA under Dr. Livingston. I explored the mechanism by which BRCA1 acts as a tumor suppressor. It was really rewarding to be able to apply what I had learned in Biol13, including specific procedures and techniques we had been tested on, to a real-life laboratory setting.

How to Make the Most of Weekends

With two whole days of no school, we can sleep in, get extra work done, and hang out with friends, a task that can prove overwhelming during the week, given different class schedules and extracurriculars.

  1. No. 1

    Grab brunch

    lou's brunch

    Usually I go to Foco (our buffet-like dining hall) for their banana bread, fresh fruit and granola, and made-to-order omelettes. Foco also serves brunch until 2 pm, for all the late risers out there. When I’m feeling really fancy, I like to go to Lou’s with a few friends. Although the line can seem really long, especially with the enticing smell of muffins and bacon just a few feet away, the wait is well worth it. 

  2. No. 2

    Call friends and family

    family screenshot

    The weekends are also the perfect time to catch up with loved ones who aren’t at Dartmouth. I like to reserve Sunday nights for FaceTiming my family and asking them how their weeks were and how events went (including but not limited to high school homecoming dances, half-marathons, and recent baking adventures). It’s also a nice way to reflect on the highlights and low points of my own week. 

  3. No. 3

    Laundry…

    closet

    I almost exclusively do my laundry and other errands, like cleaning my room, on the weekends. The only problem is that pretty much everyone has the same idea, so Sundays you may have to pull someone’s clothes out of the dryer to put your own in. I love to fold my laundry while catching up on my favorite TV show, Grey’s Anatomy. A girl’s got to multitask! 

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