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Tess Hunter

Class of 2028
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Bio 

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog, also known as my digital diary. I'm majoring in Asian Studies modified with Business, a new program here at Dartmouth, so feel free to ask me anything related to that. Beyond the classroom, I love the Dartmouth sunsets, the traditions, the classes, the merch, and the people, of course. Come along with me as I explore the ins and outs of life in the woods.

Academic Program 

Asian Studies modified with Business; History

Favorite Thing Right Now 

Top of the Hop

Hometown 

Sevenoaks, UK

Pronouns 

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Tess' D-Plan

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    • FallHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: PHIL 9.01 Reproductive Ethics

      A course that definitely surprised me, I did not know what to expect and had very little philosophical knowledge before taking this course. It was a mixture of current and past readings, with the final project to make a group video, testing my technological ability. Professor Bumpus was amazing, and I got to know her more when I took her to breakfast at Pine through the Take Your Professor to Lunch Program.

    • WinterHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: HIST 5.03 History of China Since the 1800s

      I was recommended to take a history course, specifically a history course with Professor Lu, and it has not disappointed! This course is cross listed with Asian Studies, my major, but it has made me consider a history minor... We start every class off with a song relating to the topic of that class, and then we move on to discussion based activities.

    • SpringHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: GOVT 10: Quantitative Political Analysis

      So far, the Dartmouth classes I have taken have been all based around discussion and essay writing. As an Asian Studies and Government major, I expected that the rest of my time at Dartmouth would follow a similar pattern, but in fact a pre-requisite for the Government major is a Political Analysis class. This class involves coding, analyzing survey samples, and other quantitative methods. The professor is amazing—a friend and I got to know him better by taking him out to breakfast at Pine through the 'Take Your Professor to Lunch' program. The final group project involves making projections for the 2024 elections using past data. Although, obviously, this election already happened, some of our predictions were more accurate than the polls! It is super interesting to take a class that I can see the themes in real world news outlets.

    • FallHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: ASCL 70.22 Developing Vietnam

      My favorite class this term had to be Developing Vietnam, which is a ten-week course taken in Hanover, in preparation for three weeks in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam during the winter break. The goal of this class was to plan and carry out a research project pertaining to development in Vietnam. During our time at Dartmouth, we collaborated with Fulbright University Vietnam students to come up with a shared research topic, research brief, and agenda. The interdisciplinary nature of this class meant that we had the opportunity to explore Vietnam through different angles/themes spanning religion, history, political economy, and environmental governance.

    • WinterHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: TUCK 001 Financial Accounting

      Despite being a College, Dartmouth has various graduate schools attached to it, including the Tuck of Business. These schools offer various course for undergraduates, taught by its own faculty. Tuck 1 is an introduction to financial accounting, drawing from various case studies and real-world examples. We got to hear from leading experts, and were given an overview of life at business school and careers in business. As with regular undergrad classes, the professor made himself incredibly available for consultation outside of class hours, but this time, at Tuck.

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Making a Decision
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To the Class of 2030: Congratulations! For those of you who are still making a decision, this blog is intended to give you some tips from my own experience of being in your fortunate (but difficult) position.

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