I'm Michal Tvrdoň, and I'm a future engineer and enthusiastic climate activist. I am from Slovakia, but I lived in Tanzania for two years as a UWCer. I am very active so my blog will be filled with a mix of sports, academics, and adventures.
Get to know me and my first summer college experience through FYSEP!
Greetings from the woods! I'm Taylor, an international student class of 27; come explore Dartmouth with me!
Now, as I'm wrapping up the last days of my freshman year in college (UNBELIEVABLE), I want to share some things that I learned throughout my first year here as well.
As you start to imagine your life at Dartmouth as an incoming first-year, here's my (disorganized) thoughts on the first year as it wraps up.
A bittersweet moment—how is it already over?
I had no idea what I was getting into by committing to a college in the US, so it all seemed daunting. Here's the advice I would have given my high school senior self in mentally preparing for college.
What's something you've done at Dartmouth that you couldn't have done or experienced anywhere else?
From the small, tight-knit community to the extremely personable faculty, and even our own ski mountain, due to its size, Dartmouth has a wide variety of facilities, activities, and experiences that aren't found on most college campuses—let's talk
For the last term of my freshman year, I'm finishing up some requirements, a tried-and-true choice. The overall class choices in my freshman year were standard, but rewarding all the same!
