Taiwan Mountains

Love Tsai

Class of 2023
Student smiling holding Dartmouth banner

Bio 

Hello there, friend! My name is Love and I am a '23. Aside from being on the pre-med track, I'm currently interested in studying math and public policy. I have a penchant for old things, learning languages, and the arts. I also love personality tests, irrespective of their actual validity—in case you're curious, I'm an INFJ, Scorpio, dragon, and type 2w1.

Academic Program 

Pre-med, math with a minor in public policy

Favorite Thing Right Now 

dance classes at Dartmouth

Hometown 

Metro Detroit, Michigan

Pronouns 

She/her/hers

You are here

Love's D-Plan

What's a D-Plan?

    • FallOn Campus

      Favorite Class: Biology 11.07: Major Events in the History of Life and the Human Genome

      BIOL 11.07 (Major Events in the History of Life and the Human Genome) is a very unique class. We learn topics such as oxidative phosphorylation in conjunction with evolution and paleontology. In other words, where and when did ETC come from, and how can we support our hypothesis? Though not an easy class by far, every day the material I learn amazes me with the wonder of life, which is how biology should be!

    • WinterOn Campus

      Favorite Class: MES 7.03: Jerusalem: Vision and Reality

      MES 7.03 (Jerusalem: Vision and Reality) was my First-Year Seminar and such an interesting class to take! We explored Jerusalem through three main viewpoints (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). The class had a bit of religion, literature, anthropology, sociology, and even geography—all things I love to study but don't necessarily have the space for with our three-class quarters. I often found myself going to office hours just to talk with my professor about questions I had outside of the reading!

    • SpringRemote Learning, At Home

      Favorite Class: COSC 10: Problem Solving with Object-Oriented Programming

      COSC 10 (Problem Solving with Object-Oriented Programming) is a data structures course and the last pre-requisite for the computer science major. Though I added it as a fourth class on a whim because of COVID-19 and remote learning, it quickly became my favorite class this term because I loved the problem solving that CS has to offer. It is a difficult class but the emotional and academic rewards make it all worth it!

    • FallRemote Learning, At Home

      Favorite Class: ENGS 13: Virtual Medicine and Cybercare

      This was one of four classes I took during fall term and it was super interesting! We learned about healthcare systems and innovations from around 4 guest lecturers per week, and were able to do research on our own and propose a new system at the end of the term. Students came from all over campus and the course was very enlightening for me in terms of understanding how care is dispensed in the U.S. and how we can improve it.

    • WinterRemote Learning, At Home

      Favorite Class: BIOL 13: Gene Expression and Inheritance

      Though this was my first "foundation" course in the Biology department and I still found it challenging, I really enjoyed learning the material and found it all super exciting! We learned about DNA replication, mRNA transcription and protein translation, genetics, and had the opportunity to do a literature review at the end of the term.

    • SpringRemote Learning, At Home

      Favorite Class: CHEM 51: Organic Chemistry I

      The dreaded Organic Chemistry sequence of my pre-med track came upon me faster than I thought it would, but it surprised me by being one of my favorite classes to date! I found it intellectually interesting (even though it was time-consuming), probably because I treated it like a STEM-and-logic puzzle instead of pure STEM or pure memorization. Am I great at it? Not necessarily. Do I remember everything I've learned? I'm not too sure! Am I mentally ready for Organic Chemistry 2 next term? Not at all! But I had a lot of fun doing this class and surprised even myself with how I tackled it.

    • SummerOn-campus

      Favorite Class: AAAS 31.10: Dance Theatre of Harlem Workshop: Collaborative Storytelling Through Movement

      I love dancing, story-telling, and learning about different cultures so I knew going into this course that I would enjoy it. Cross-listed in the theater and AAAS departments, this course let students have the privilege of working with Dance Theatre of Harlem members who were in Hanover for a summer residency. As a group, we analyzed a play ("The Purple Flower" by Marita Bonner) and transformed the text into a physical movement piece. Each student also had complete ownership of a personal final project, and I opted to do a self-choreographed dance. Overall, I loved getting the chance to work creatively in my academics this term and I also was able to broaden my perspective and knowledge of the African-American story in the process!

    • FallOn-campus

      Favorite Class: HIST 36: Health Care in American Society: History and Current Issues

      As a pre-med, I am constantly trying to learn more about the U.S medical system. This course was extremely engaging in all aspects, taking students through all of American history through the lens of healthcare within the span of 10 weeks. I particularly liked having a discussion session that replaced a lecture, since we were able to talk about the issues with the professor and think out loud about our readings. The course was definitely challenging and required a lot of synthesis across different time periods and topics, but I feel like I came out of it with a deeper and more profound understanding of our healthcare system and why it functions the way it does today.

    • WinterDetroit, MI

      For my junior winter, I did an internship in clinical research! With COVID affecting so much of my college experience, this practical, in-person work internship was very important for me to not only hone my employable skills but also see what having a 8am - 5pm job looks like and how it could fit into my future.

    • SpringOn-campus

      Favorite Class: CHEM 41: Biological Chemistry I

      Much like my other pre-med courses here at Dartmouth, Biochemistry was quite rigorous and fast-paced. It was certainly challenging, but I found the work extremely rewarding and I enjoyed learning about all the different mechanisms that happen inside of our bodies. Additionally, many of my friends were also in this class as well, rounding out final prerequisites for graduate school, and this fact made it all the more fun.

    • SummerDresden, Germany

      For my junior summer, I had a research internship in Eastern Germany, working at the intersection between math, computer science, and biology! The learning curve was very steep since my project focus changed once I arrived in Europe, but I had a lot of fun and learned a lot about the content and myself. I am extremely thankful for all the support that Dartmouth has given me throughout my time here, without which I wouldn't have been able to do a 12-week European adventure!

    • FallOn-campus

      Favorite Class: SOCY 75: Neighborhoods and Health

      As a pre-med student interested in health disparities, SOCY 75 was an amazing class to take! We covered numerous topics concerning how where one lives can impact their health outcomes. At the end of the course, students were also able to complete a final project of their choosing and I loved being able to tie my personal experiences into an academic course.

    • WinterOn-campus

      Favorite Class: BIOL 78: Molecular Mysteries of Human Biology

      Throughout college, most of my science courses have been at the introductory level: one term of genetics, one term of cell structure, etc. Rarely have I had the chance to engage with something on a deeper level or connect the pre-med courses to human biology. This course was super interesting because I could finally connect everything I've learned throughout college into one cohesive course that connects to something I want to do post-Dartmouth.

« All Posts by this Blogger

Pictures from 21F

Here are some of my favorite events from the first half of my junior fall!

  1. No. 1

    Seeing people!!

    x

    It was a huge shock to return to a fully-occupied Dartmouth this past fall.

    While I was here in the summer, we only had one class fully on (the 23s for their sophomore summer) and some 22s and 24s as well. Now, we have three classes fully on (22s, 24s, and 25s), and many 23s are also still here as well.

    Lines now are very long and the library is almost always full whenever you need a seat. In some ways, I preferred sophomore summer (camp Dartmouth!) when it was a bit more de-densified, but I also love the collegiate feel that comes with a busier, slightly more anonymous Dartmouth.

  2. No. 2

    Bonfire and Dartmouth traditions!

    Bonfire

    I loved getting to see the Homecoming Bonfire again!

    Getting to participate in these Dartmouth traditions as many times as possible is one of my many goals while I am here, and the bonfire is one of my favorites. I also hope to do the annual midnight snowball fight again my senior year (I'll be off-campus junior winter) and I am really looking forward to my first Green Key next spring.

    One of the surprising things about the fire is exactly how hot it can get. Upperclassmen usually heckle the freshmen doing their circle to "touch the fire," but the truth is that it gets so hot near the fire that most people don't want to be anywhere close enough to the fire to touch it!

  3. No. 3

    Going to conferences!

    x

    Being a part of Dartmouth means also getting to experience a lot of amazing things outside Dartmouth.

    This term, I was able to go to a faith-based conference in New Jersey for a couple days, completely paid for by the organization. Going with the Dartmouth group was also really nice because I got to spend time with friends and new people outside the context of school (which, in all honesty, can sometimes be stressful and overwhelming while simultaneously being repetitive).

    This particular conference was open to Ivy League students and students from a few other peer institutions so I even got to meet one of my sister's friends who was doing an exchange at Columbia.

  4. No. 4

    Dance group initiation!

    Dance initiation

    Fall term, all the dance groups host joint auditions and welcome new dancers into the fray.

    This year, we accepted quite a large group of newbies and had a lot of fun doing "initiation"—we did wake-ups at 7AM and took them (blind-folded) to Lou's for some breakfast! I myself was blindfolded and walked to free food my freshman year, so doing this my junior year gave me a lot of fond memories.

  5. No. 5

    Rainbows and Nature!

    Rainbow!

    There was a beautiful double-rainbow early on in the term!

    Whenever nature does something really beautiful, you can find Dartmouth students wandering outside and taking pictures. Throughout the rest of that day, you'll also hear people talking excitedly with their friends about the event and sharing their pictures from different spots of campus.

Posted 11/8/2021 at 9:00 AMAll List Posts

Posts You Might Like

Visit the Blog