Hello there! My name is Shuyi and I'm a '23, which means it's my senior year here at Dartmouth! Follow me for my last year at Dartmouth as I reflect upon my college experience. At Dartmouth, I enjoy playing squash, eating at late night, and of course, blogging. You can ask me about studying social sciences, coming to Dartmouth as an international student, and anything else really. I hope you enjoy the blog!
I actually wasn't planning on taking this class but it eventually became my favorite class. The professor was very funny and created a relaxed classroom environment where I enjoyed looking at diversity in different contexts, such as college admissions and group dynamics.
This class was a perfect mix of philosophy, classical studies, and writing. We were able to reflect on societal views, our own ideas of optimism and pessimism, and how we can lead more fulfilling and compassionate lives.
My first experience with computer science was my Freshman winter, and I quickly became interested in the subject. I followed up CS1 with CS10 in the Spring, which I found just as cool. I love how you can solve problems by applying logic and math with computer science, and I look forward to diving deeper into the major!
Econ 21 is required for all Econ majors, and I loved my experience with Professor Gustman. He made the material super easy to digest and allowed me to take exams in my timezone, which I thought was really nice.
It was really interesting to study public speaking in an asynchronous environment, and I came away with a deeper understanding of not only public speaking but speech writing. I wrote a separate blog post about the class, so check it out!
Since English was one of my favorite classes in high school, I wanted to take another writing course at Dartmouth. This was a great choice, as it was a perfect mix of lecture and discussion. I loved reading and learning about several American dramas, and even discussing modern topics such as Trump's rhetoric!
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I took my Sophomore Summer off, which many international students do, and got involved with the Tuck School of Business through the Bridge and Paganucci programs! You can read more about my summer experiences in my blogs!
This was my first class from the QSS department, which was long overdue considering that I'm a QSS major! I really enjoyed picking up some coding skills and tackling problems like transitional justice with quantitative approaches.
I took Econ 25 in the Fall, and Econ 35 was the next course in the game theory sequence! It was really fun to apply game theory to cool concepts like sports, Covid-19, and auctions.
This was my first time taking a music class even though I have been involved with music my entire life, whether that was playing the piano or learning how to make beats. I loved this class because I not only learned more about music, but more about Native culture as well!
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I took my junior summer off to pursue a management consulting internship in New York. I had a wonderful experience!
I absolutely loved this class! Theatre was one of my favorite classes in middle school, and so it was great to reconnect with theatre again in college. The professor was amazingly kind and passionate, and the final project was a really fun group performance!
This was a small class of around 15 people, which allowed us to have intimate discussions of readings and theatre. I loved hearing from my classmates, as we used our personal experiences to guide us in our understanding of materials. My final project was a protest on campus, which also really fun and refreshing take on performance!
If you're a regular reader of the blog, you'll have seen many posts about Sophomore Summer. It's a special time for every Dartmouth student, as we get a chance to enjoy Hanover in the summer and spend more time with our class. However, Sophomore Summer does present a challenge for international students, as it can be more difficult to take classes during the summer without avoiding visa complications. Although there are certainly ways for international students to take classes during Sophomore Summer, I decided to spend my Sophomore Summer with Dartmouth's business school, Tuck, which will allow me to remain connected to campus while also avoiding any visa complications taking classes might bring. I'll be engaging in a variety of Tuck programs this summer, but I wanted to first introduce the Tuck Business Bridge program, which I spent most of June partaking in!
A snapshot from our Zoom presentation!
The Tuck Business Bridge Program, or Tuck Bridge, is a 3-week program for undergraduate students designed to help develop business skills such as communication, marketing, and financial modeling. The program is open to students from around the country, which means I got the opportunity to not only connect with Dartmouth students, but also with students from other colleges who share my interests. During Tuck Bridge, I not only got to learn from and work with several MBA professors, but I also worked in a team of six to create our own valuation analysis of a stock. For our valuation, my team chose Zoom, which was super interesting because it's hard to value Zoom under the context of Covid-19. Furthermore, one of my good friends from Dartmouth is currently interning at Zoom, so it was fun to talk to him about our different perspectives on the company. My Tuck Bridge experience concluded with a presentation of our valuation analysis to industry experts and Tuck faculty, which allowed us to apply all the new skills we had learned during the 3-week program. Whether you're a Dartmouth student or not, I definitely recommend checking out Tuck Bridge, as it's available all year-round and is a great program for developing business skills and connecting with other students!
A Tuck Bridge career panel on Zoom!
At times, planning my Sophomore Summer has been stressful considering that I wouldn't be able to take classes like my friends. However, once I started talking to other students and advisors, I realized that I had a breadth of options available to me. Whether that was an internship, research, or a Tuck program, I realized there were several ways I could explore my interests this summer while remaining connected with the Dartmouth community. Now that Tuck Bridge has ended, I'm looking forward to enjoying some time off before with my family and friends. In July, I'll once again be involved with Tuck, this time as a Paganucci Fellow for an international consulting project with a non-profit. I'm excited to share my experiences in the Paganucci Fellowship program later this summer, as I'm looking forward to applying some of the business skills I took from Tuck Bridge to make a positive real-life impact for a non-profit. Stay tuned for more!
After returning from an enriching study abroad program, I'm diving into a bustling spring semester here at Dartmouth. Here are my four courses I'm taking this term!
Dartmouth's liberal arts curriculum pushes students to explore new departments and draw connections between seemingly disparate disciplines. Come explore my Economics, Physics, and Asian, Societies, Cultures, and Languages classes!
Over half of Dartmouth students study abroad at least once during their undergraduate journeys—quite a high percentage, right? Do you want to know how to best prepare for your own abroad experience? Come check what it was like for me.
