Senior Year Goals!
I can’t believe I only have a few months of college left! I know it’s cliche, but here are some of my goals for my last few months as an…
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Winners of the Simon Scholars Case Competition 2015
Written by Justine Rumbel, Assistant Director, Admissions Looking up from my coffee-scented office on a Friday afternoon, the snow piling up outside my window, I take a break from…
A Crisis of Curiosity
When I arrived at college during scorching heat and clear skies, I (naively) had my life all mapped out. As the warmth transitioned to a comfortable fall breeze and now…
First Impressions of Goa, India
Over the summer, while browsing through the list of events that celebrate the International Year of Light 2015, I stumbled upon the description of a festival called “The Story of…
Bermuda: Digging Through the Social History of the Atlantic
By Dr. Michael Jarvis, Pre-College instructor for “Bermuda: Digging Through the Social History of the Atlantic“ Indiana Jones? Lara Croft? Amateurs! Come learn how historical archaeology is really done through…
New Year’s Resolutions For a Successful Academic Year
2015 is here and I can say with confidence that I have experienced more changes in the last four months than in the past eighteen years of my life. I…
Rochester Admissions Update: Early…Huge…Wow…
Rochester’s growth as a top private university has been epic since 2006. We’ve added 17 campus buildings and a second (and huge) retail center next to campus (with Moe’s and Insomnia Cookies…
Simon Business School Early Leaders Case Competition
Ever since I decided to double major in mechanical engineering and business last year, I have been looking into different opportunities to gain more experience in the business industry. Earlier…
Scientific Conferences Aren’t Nearly as Boring as They Sound!
Charles Gaugh, Optics Expert, and myself at the “Frontiers in Optics” Industry Exhibit Hall Last month, I traveled to Tucson, AZ, for an annual scientific conference in optics as a…
What I Learned at the Simon Scholars Case Competition
By Nirupama Muralidharan, Class of 2018 We had twelve hours. Twelve hours to solve the world’s problems. Well, maybe it wasn't that serious, but it definitely felt that way. Let me…