Hey everyone! I'm Cooper from Wayne, Pennsylvania, which is right outside of Philadelphia. I am a '28 here at Dartmouth, and plan on studying Quantitative Social Science and Cognitive Science. In my free time, I love getting food with friends, playing pickleball, watching sitcoms (personal favorite is Modern Family), and going on walks. I am super excited to be here and cannot wait to take you along my journey at Dartmouth!
I took this class with Professor Binkoski, and I absolutely loved it! We explored numerous theories regarding time travel and the existence of time, and it just completely blew my mind. Professor Binkoski is such an engaging lecturer and explains everything so thoroughly, which makes the class so incredible! After taking this class, I have become more interested in philosophy and cannot wait to take more classes in this department.
I took this class with Professor Horiuchi and learned more than I could have possibly imagined! This course is incredibly challenging and has a good amount of work, but I learned so much about the programing language R as well as how to wrangle and visualize data. By taking this class, I have confirmed that I want to major in QSS because of how interesting the material was. If you want to enhance your skills in R, this is the class to take!
I cannot believe that it is already spring term of my first year here at Dartmouth. Time has genuinely flown, and it is crazy to think that in just a few months, I will be a sophomore here! I love to write about my first week of each term, so let's dive right into what happened this past week!
Monday: On Monday, I had three of my classes. First, I had my Evolutionary Game Theory class in Kemeny Hall, where we learn all about how mathematics and human interaction are intertwined. Although this is a pretty big lecture course, I am taking it with a few of my friends, so I am super excited for the rest of the class! I then went to my Spanish 9, aka Culture and Conversation: Advanced Spanish Languageclass in Dartmouth Hall, where we not only discuss Spanish grammar but also learn extensively about Spanish cultures. This class is very small, which makes it super easy to get close with other students as well as my professor. I then got lunch with a few friends, and then went to my Cognitive Psychology class. We are learning all about how cognition influences our lives, which I am super interested about! This is also a very big class, but I am in it with a couple of friends! After that, I had a meeting for Dartmouth Civics for the upcoming term (I am one of the co-presidents!) and I caught up with people I have not seen for two weeks.
Kemeny Hall, which is where my math class is!
Tuesday: On Tuesday, I had my First-Year Seminar, which is titled Seriality in Pop Culture in Third Floor Berry. This class seems genuinely incredible and just up my alley, as we will be discussing television shows and comic books for the class! I also ultimately decided to drop my Cognitive Psychology class because of time constraints, so I am planning on taking it next spring instead! Besides this, I started getting ahead on work and just hung out with friends.
Third Floor Berry (or 3FB), which is where my seminar class is!
Wednesday: On Wednesday, I had my Game Theory class, where we dove straight into content and began learning about strategies such as the Prisoner's Dilemma. I then had Spanish, where we started to learn about various tenses as well as cultures across the world. After classes were done, I had a lot to do to start planning for Civics. I had a meeting with the board so we could figure out our plan for the upcoming term, which I am super excited about!
Thursday: Once again, I had my seminar class, where we chose which shows we are going to watch for the term! We are watching The Wire and Smallville, which I am ecstatic about. I cannot wait for the rest of this class because I think it is going to be my favorite of the term! The rest of the day consisted of work and, of course, hanging out with friends.
Friday: I had both my Game Theory and Spanish class today, where we continued our work and learned more content. Today was an absolutely beautiful day, so I was on the Green for a while after my classes were done. I played Spikeball with friends and enjoyed the sun while it was there! What a great way to end the week!
As you can see, my week was incredible and I cannot wait for what's to come!
As you can see, my week was incredible and I cannot wait for what's to come!
Dartmouth professors truly make all the difference, especially when you have the opportunity to take them out to lunch and get to know them outside of the classroom. Read about my Differential Equations professor Professor Robert Dougherty Bliss.
IT FINALLY FEELS LIKE SPRING! Inspired by "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles, read about my first experience in the Hanover spring sun! From lounging on the Green to playing games with friends, see what Dartmouth students do in the spring!
