Nicholas Sugiarto
Class of 2023
Homeschooling
The fact that our professor gave us a free textbook of his own design is amazing. With Dartmouth having a ton of free resources, I figured I might as well use some on my younger siblings!
Posted 06/19/2020 at 9:00 AMAll Text Posts
Zooming on Over
Spring has brought about many, many changes. For me, luckily, my extracurriculars are still on: same time, same people, except now over Zoom.
Posted 06/11/2020 at 11:30 AMAll Text Posts
Yeah Science! A Homegrown Chem Lab
Dartmouth has started sending out "chemistry kits" to us at home to do at home experiments. I'll admit that I've missed having a lab partner. Luckily, I was able to find a replacement. Enter my seven-year-old sister Audrey.
Posted 04/21/2020 at 3:15 AMAll Text Posts
Posted 04/13/2020 at 9:00 AMAll Text Posts
I MET MINDY KALING!
Sorry. I type fast when I'm excited. I wanted to make sure you read this clearly. I MET MINDY KALING!
Posted 02/26/2020 at 10:00 AMAll Text Posts
Flair: The Story of my Minnie Mouse Onesie
Now, I did my online research before coming here, but even then I am easily overwhelmed by the sheer number of weird, quirky, but undeniably fun traditions Dartmouth has to offer.
Posted 02/20/2020 at 12:00 PMAll Text Posts
Baby's First Snow
One day, I came out to weird, white particles falling out of the sky. According to my friend, my face was that of utter confusion. When I say I've never seen snow, I mean it.
Posted 01/21/2020 at 9:30 AMAll Text Posts
Impromptu Modeling
The reason I tell this story is to pretty much show that Dartmouth is somewhat of a "nerd sanctuary" — a place where people can do whatever and explore whatever passion they want.
Posted 01/2/2020 at 11:15 AMAll Text Posts
How I'm Staying Sane This Winterim
Winterim is a great rest from the academic term. But, as someone who likes to be productive, mulching at home for that long can be mind-numbingly painful. So here are the ways I'm (somehow) surviving being away from Dartmouth for so long.
- No. 1
Seeing Friends
Now c'mon. This is a given. Just cause I've found amazing friends at Dartmouth doesn't mean that I've completely forgotten my old friends. And honestly? All my friends, with the exception of two people, decided to stay in-state for college, and if anything, being so far away from home and everything I know has actually strengthened my bond with them. Just getting to get together and swap stories about our now drastically different lives just reminds us that even as our lives are moving apart, we can still share our independent moments with each other. Was that too mushy? I'll move on.
- No. 2
Shamelessly Advertising the School
Dartmouth has a program called "TDH," or "Take Dartmouth Home." Coming back, I figured I might as well stop by my school and shamelessly promote Dartmouth by talking about my experiences there. The school gave me a little name placard, so you know that this stuff is serious. Coming back, I got to see both my younger friends, as well as remind myself of the anxiety that came with college applicaitons. How do you high schoolers deal with that? Let's just say that I am abundantly grateful that I am done with all that and finally home in Hanover.
- No. 3
Seeing my Family Again
Can I be honest with you? I'm having so much fun at Dartmouth that there's not really much that I miss about home. Maybe it's because I'm a natural nerd, but just being at Dartmouth and getting able to explore whatever idea/subject I want to pursue has been immensely fulfilling. But, I do miss my siblings. They're easily the most important people in my life, and it's nice to be able to be with them again and let them know what college life is like because, if things go well, they'll go to college too. And who knows? They could end up where I am right now. To demonstrate just how close we are, here's a picture of me back in 8th grade as my little sister terrorizes my food. Ah, good times.
Posted 12/22/2019 at 7:15 PMAll List Posts
Asian Food at Dartmouth
Coming from California, I was used to being able to eat a variety of Asian food: ramen, boba, curry. As I adjust to my new life here, it's nice that there's something that resembles what I had back home.
Posted 12/12/2019 at 9:00 AMAll Text Posts