Taoheng (Tao) Chen
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Taoheng's D-Plan
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FallDartmouth College
Favorite Class: Writing 5: Food for ThoughtAs the name describes, this class taught me all about food! While the class is centered on teaching academic writing skills, I have definitely learned a lot about fun topics like food diversity, ethical farming, and culinary significances. For my final project, I got to write about how sauces relates to our society!
WinterDartmouth College
Favorite Class: COSC 10 Problem Solving via Object-Oriented ProgrammingThis intermediate course focuses on algorithms and object-oriented programming in Java. As someone new to coding before Dartmouth, I found it intuitive—CS10 taught me to approach coding with a clear framework. I even got to train a program to detect parts of speech using a machine learning algorithm based on the Viterbi algorithm and Markov models.
SpringDartmouth College
Favorite Class: MATH 22 Linear Algebra with ApplicationsThis was my first math course at Dartmouth! While challenging at times, I appreciated how accessible the professor was during office hours. I learned how linear algebra applies to the real world—from Google’s search algorithm to physics and JPEG image compression. At its core, the course is a study of data and information stored in spaces of varied dimensions.
A Taste of a Saturday Morning
After a long winter term where everything was overlaid in snow and serenity, the weekly Norwich farmer's market is finally back—and I could not be more excited.
VCIC Finale
The finale to the 2025 VCIC, with 120 universities around the world on a shark-tank-esque competition.
Community, Cuisine, and Cozy Vibes
It's Spring, and my favorite housing community tradition is here!
Joshua Tree Diary Part 4
More rocks, reflection, and appreciation for my Dartmouth Outdoor Trip!
Joshua Tree Diary Part 3
Three days of rocks, rocks, and more rocks! But also a lot of cool birds and plants.
Joshua Tree Diary Part 2
We're fully geared up for this: come read about my trip to Joshua Tree!